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...retailing trend hasn't gone unnoticed by the A.M.A. Its ethics committee last summer recommended a new policy that would have barred members from selling vitamins and other health-related products to their patients. That move triggered a rash of protests--particularly among plastic surgeons and dermatologists, who have long sold facial creams to their patients. The A.M.A. agreed to reconsider the no-sales rule, and says it will revisit the subject later this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bleak Days For Doctors | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

Last night, the House of Blues traded its usual bluegrass and jazz fare for something a bit more synthetic. Wearing shiny plastic pants and using dubbed background singers, Tatyana M. Ali '02 presented a hip-hop alternative to the House's traditional Delta blues for a crowd of over 200 fans...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Former Fresh Prince Star Performs | 2/5/1999 | See Source »

...must be caring parents, because we've been sent "the catalog for parents who care." It is called Perfectly Safe and is devoted to creating "the perfectly safe home." It offers, for example, a venetian-blind-cord shortener (so your child won't inadvertently hang himself) and a plastic "safety film" to put over windows and glass doors ("For use during hurricanes too!"). The catalog also gives you the opportunity to "Lock out 'toilet tragedies' with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Safe, Not Sound | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

Providence: Unfunny dramedy about celebrated plastic surgeon who returns home to her dysfunctional family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jan. 25, 1999 | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

...service is required because moisture can quickly damage a book in a variety of ways. Merrill-Oldham said the usual method for treating a wet book is to wrap the book in plastic and immediately freeze it so mold will not begin to grow on the book...

Author: By Sarah C. Haskins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Libraries Distribute Protective Book Bags | 1/22/1999 | See Source »

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