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...changes are nice, and the sampling is a great commercial idea," said Robert D.Smith'00. "It's great to be able to swing down to get a quick bite to eat or coffee between classes...
...this it is an atypical self-help book. Stephen Covey, on the other hand, has the format down cold. His genius is for complicating the obvious, and as a result his books are graphically chaotic. Charts and diagrams bulge from the page. Sidebars and boxes chop the chapters into bite-size morsels. The prose buzzes with the cant phrases--empower, modeling, bonding, agent of change--without which his books would deflate like a blown tire. He uses more exclamation points than Gidget...
...Alas, our beloved yesss-man, we hardly knew ye. Except at the end, of course, when we found out a whole lot more than we ever wanted. Was it Love at First Bite (1979)? Or perhaps just 1975's Jaws...
...Department. The current Treasury secretary, Robert Rubin, is staunchly opposed because he feels the proposal would create conflicts of interest for taxpayers on the board. He is expected to put those sentiments on the record during congressional hearings on the plan, set to start Tuesday. In a multiple sound-bite show of support for the new system, House and Senate committees will be hearing a series of taxpayer horror stories calculated to make the evening news...
Although your story about the sharp increase in attacks by dogs on people indicated that I believe dogs that bite should be chained [LIVING, June 23], that is not the case. The data indicate that chaining dogs increases the risk of aggression, and thus I do not recommend chaining. A far better approach is to prevent dog bites in the first place through more responsible dog ownership, public education about dog behavior, support for animal control at the community level and reporting of dog bites. JEFFREY J. SACKS, M.D., M.P.H. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Atlanta