81. Backers of the initiative said marijuana can relieve pain and suffering in serious illnesses like cancer, glaucoma and AIDS. 82. Bay Area refineries were not affected by the blackouts that Northern California suffered in January and March. 83. Auto issues were mixed, as analysts expect profits to suffer in the first quarter due to extensive company rebates, the GM strike and new-product costs. 84. Avalanche defenseman Rob Blake is out indefinitely with a bruised knee suffered in his first game back from the Olympics. 85. Beer flowed, men in safari gear talked tough and the few Hemingway wannabes who showed up in cable-knit sweaters suffered in the subtropical heat. 86. Before he was placed on the non-football injury list because of a back injury suffered in the accident, Smith played in only two games. 87. Blair said the earlier inquiry did not consider eye-witness accounts of the shootings or obtain evidence from people who were hospitalized with wounds suffered in the shootings. 88. Blair was sidelined because of an ankle sprain suffered in practice earlier in the week. 89. Blockbuster Video is beginning to overcome margin pressures it has suffered in the past few quarters because of competition from large retailers like Wal-Mart Corp. 90. Bodies that have been savaged on the slopes -- or psyches that have suffered similarly in the workplace -- are readily soothed here. |