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...jobs on teenagers are now turning their offices into decorator-chic "medical spas," where they perform laser "facial rejuvenations" and hair removal as well as cosmetic surgery. At least 50 different laser systems are currently being marketed for cosmetic purposes. The market in hair-removal laser machines alone has risen from $85 million in 1997 to a projected $185 million this year, says Jacob Golbitz, industry analyst at Fector, Detwiler & Co. Ads tout the latest in laser treatments with impossible results: "Made Me Look 20 Years Younger in Just Days!" or "Laser Hair Removal: 5 Year Guarantee!" "No one wants...
...Over the last 20 years Latino voter registration has increased 160 percent, while voter registration for the nation has risen only 30 percent," he said...
...Crimson (5-2, 2-0 Ivy), which had risen a spot in Tuesday's National Field Hockey Coaches' Association poll, led by 2-0 as late as 6:41 into the second, on the strength of goals by top strikers Dominique Kalil and Kate Nagle, each of whom notched her fifth of the season...
...that number had risen significantly: The same schools reported 1,704 Cambridge students...
Taiwan's earthquake toll has risen above 1,800, but the island has strict building codes to thank for the fact that it wasn't considerably higher. As rescuers Wednesday struggled to reach some 3,000 people estimated to be trapped under the rubble and quake specialists and civil engineers from around the world rushed to Taiwan to study the latest disaster, early word was that it could have been a lot worse. Despite the strength of the tremor ? 7.6 on the Richter scale compared with 7.4 for the recent Turkish disaster ? the destruction was limited by the enforcement...