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Moreover, the traffic-safety agency estimates that even among parents who always strap their children in, 85% are not doing it properly. We often don't know where best to place our kids, don't use the proper restraint for their age and weight, or don't install the safety seat correctly. I regularly get letters from readers who are confused about these matters. So when I saw that the safety agency was planning a big push on child-passenger safety in February, I went to its dank parking garage in downtown Washington for a hands-on demonstration. Though...
...pedestrians a ride in a van, then refused to pull over until they finished showing their movie. Four filmmakers, each with a movie about extraterrestrials, sent their actors dressed in alien costumes to accost people on the street. I had never realized how many scripts involve aliens and repeated use of the phrase anal probe...
STRAP THAT SUCKER Frustrated because your preschooler is still sucking his or her thumb at night? Ask your dentist how to use a technique outlined in the journal Pediatric Dentistry safely. The method involves wrapping an Ace bandage (snugly, but not too tightly) around your child's elbow, from mid-arm to mid-forearm, to create a gentle tension that pulls the thumb from the mouth as the youngster relaxes and falls asleep. The approach, which has shown a 60% rate of success, requires that your child be willing to try it, and that he or she be periodically rewarded...
...required a stronger warning label on the heartburn drug Propulsid, the agency reports that the popular prescription--more than 30 million Rxs have been filled since its introduction in 1993--has been linked to 70 deaths and more than 200 episodes of irregular heartbeat. Patients are advised to use the drug only as a last resort. And before they do, doctors should perform an electrocardiogram to check for ticker trouble...
Many "new era" investors, who believe the use of computers has solidly lifted the nation's productivity, think the inflation threat is still way overblown. That may be true. But as long as the Fed believes the threat is real, the financial markets will react accordingly...