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...culture of corporations. "I am a trader," he says. "If I can make a decent profit, I prefer to take it and get out. There are others who hang on to an investment in the hope of realizing profits several times the money invested. They are welcome to their method. I prefer mine...
...Coast formula for doing so goes this way: first, "clear" the stone by washing it in ocean water (in a pinch, salt water will do). Then leave it outside for at least 24 hours so that rays of the sun and moon may penetrate it. A quicker, high-tech method is to pass an audiocassette eraser over each side of the crystal for half a minute. To program, after the crystal has been cleared, hold it in both hands and blow on it while making a wish. For good health, for instance, one might say, "I want this energy...
...against such U.S. products as corn-gluten feed, soy cakes, rice and almonds. Yeutter spoke darkly of possible "major disruptions in international trade." In Paris, a French trade minister warned that Europe would respond "eye for eye, tooth for tooth." He also accused the U.S. of "choosing the Rambo method" for resolving the issue...
...keep their buildings full, hospitals aim to shed their images as sprawling, complicated, emergency-oriented places. One method is slicker packaging. Hospitals have reorganized their services into neatly thematic departments devoted to problems ranging from impotence to sports injuries. In Philadelphia, where medical competition has grown intense, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital advertises special clinics to handle childbirth, eating disorders, sleeping problems, Alzheimer's disease and hearing loss. A print ad for Jefferson's bulimia program shows an attractive female model who says, "Eating ruled my life. I called Jefferson." The ad even provides a catchy toll-free number...
...hors d'oeuvres at two cocktail parties. "You should have had a big bowl of vegetable soup before leaving your house," said Lee. Gelfand objected, "I had a tight dress on, and soup puffs out my tummy." Still, she has lost ten pounds and is enthusiastic about Lee's method; "She tells me to imagine fat cells sticking their tongues out at me when I eat the wrong thing. It works...