Word: massed
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...Yard. Coats and ties were mandatory for meals. Mr. & Mrs. Bartley's Burger Cottage had just opened. At Elsie's on Mt. Auburn Street--since replaced by the Wrap--he could get his favorite roast beef sandwich for less than a dollar. But he never, ever went in Mass. Hall, where his current office...
...fury, there is an exhilaration. In a dozen Middle East capitals, mass demonstrations call for death to the Jews. This euphoria, points out Middle East scholar Daniel Pipes, has not been seen since 1967. It comes from the feeling that the Jews...
...buying power of America's graying population. "Baby boomers will do anything to keep from aging, and stress makes you look and feel old," says Paulette Abraham, marketing director of industry leader HoMedics, based in Detroit. The company, which also sells foot massagers and therapeutic magnets, began mass-marketing Chinese-made fountains last August. It offers 25 designs ranging from $20 nightstand models to $250 slate water walls 4 ft. high. The waterworks aren't always a hit with the younger crowd. This summer a 26-year-old bride in Belmar, N.J., returned all four of the fountains she received...
...studied Asian economics at Aligarh Muslim University in India, where the idea for TFTP took root. "I was affected by the poverty, the lack of technology and the contrast between rich and poor," he says. He went on to earn a master's degree at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., and a Ph.D. at Birbeck College in London. In the 1960s he worked in Washington as a U.S. Foreign Service officer for Asian countries. He went to Switzerland in 1970 to coordinate the International Secretariat for Volunteer Service, an intergovernmental agency based in Geneva; married a Swiss, Ruth Griwa...
BONING UP A drug that's been used for decades to treat high blood pressure may help build strong bones too. A study of men and women ages 60 and older revealed that daily low doses (25 mg) of hydrochlorothiazide increase bone mass 1%. Even tinier doses (12 mg) at least maintain bone density. The drug may be less effective than other well-known bone builders, such as Fosamax and hormone-replacement therapy, but it is safe, has few side effects and, best of all, costs less than a penny...