He introduced me to Bob Gasser, another now retired colonel who was George Bush Sr.

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Roth licensed to toymakers rights to Rat Fink, Mr. Gasser (a green, fanged monster with an unruly tongue) and other characters he created.

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Peter Gasser, the Swiss doctor leading the experiment, says that a combination of LSD and psychotherapy reduced anxiety levels of all 12 participants in the study, though the statistical significance of the data has yet to be analysed.

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"Though the ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent are doing everything possible to assist civilians affected by the violence, it is up to the parties to the conflict to take every feasible measure to spare the civilian population the effects of the fighting, " said Marianne Gasser, the head of the ICRC delegation in Syria.

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