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Stevens says that the biggest obstacle in her short-lived Democratic campaign was getting the original $800 to pay for the list of 5000 delegates to the Democratic convention. For a single mother trying to raise a family on a welfare check, the fee was significant...
...WHILE THE independent candidates say they are frustrated with political corruption, that in and of itself is not their biggest concern. The main reason they are running for office is to change the state's taxing and spending priorities, they...
Energy consumers complain, however, that Big Oil has been less moderate in boosting prices of other products. Heating fuel has risen about 45%, to 88 cents per gal. The biggest run-up has occurred in jet fuel, which has zoomed 100%, to $1.40 per gal. "Petroleum producers are reluctant to stick it to the little guy, so I think they are attempting to shift more of the expense to a place where the average consumer won't see it immediately," contends David Messing, a spokesman for Continental Airlines...
What gives Ghost its spooky staying power? The Paramount film will pass Disney's Pretty Woman this week to become the biggest box-office draw of the year, grossing almost $180 million since July. The sleeper hit, which tells the story of a murdered young Manhattanite who maintains a spectral presence on earth to protect his wife, has marketing experts trying to figure out its success. One theory is that the film's spiritual message prompts moviegoers to see it over and over with cultlike devotion. Paramount has taken out classified notices in newspapers saying, "If you have seen Ghost...
...limits on the childbearing years are now anyone's guess," wrote Dr. Marcia Angell in an accompanying editorial. Theoretically, donor eggs could allow women whose ovaries have stopped functioning to bear children into their late 40s and 50s. Researchers believe that the new technique will have the biggest impact on women in their 40s who have not yet reached menopause but have failed to conceive. The new findings suggest that these women may be infertile not because their uteruses are too old but because their ovaries . are, and that with eggs donated by younger women their chances of getting pregnant...