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...industry, is "a departure from the essentially movie based programming of HBO. Showtime, Cinemax and The Movie Channel. They are not trying to be all things to all people." As exponents of the technique of "narrowcasting" (aiming at a relatively small and well-defined audience), the two channels add what cable pros call "complementary tiers" to the mix of available programming...
...road-building industry. Says NAPA President John Gray: "We felt this was overkill." But Joseph Welsch, inspector general of the U.S. Transportation Department, says a reliable rule of thumb is that "rigged bids cost taxpayers about 15% more than unrigged bids," a margin of greed that could add up to hundreds of millions of dollars in probable contractor overcharges in the past few years alone...
...development of muscle tissue, increase aggressiveness and promote strength. Prescribed in hospitals to promote weight gain among burn victims, surgical patients and others, steroids have long been the training drug of choice for body builders, football players and weightlifters. Injected or swallowed in pill form, the drug does help add weight, but there is no conclusive medical proof that it increases strength. The evidence is mounting, however, that steroids' often irreversible side effects include kidney, liver and heart failure, and increased vulnerability to cancer. Adolescent users can suffer crippling bone stunting and arrested sexual development. In women, steroids...
...York City, developers commonly add plazas at the ground level of office towers in return for permission to erect taller skyscrapers. IBM was granted the right to build five extra floors for creating a tree-filled atrium at the foot of its Madison Avenue building. But now the whole zoning program is running into serious problems. Citizen groups complain that some plazas are so poorly designed and maintained that they discourage public use. At the Harley Hotel, which is co-owned by Multimillionaire Harry Helmsley iron spikes were installed in seating areas, which kept people out of the public space...
With their towering masts, vast expanses of Mylar-Kevlar sails, monstrous winches and computerized navigational aids, 12-meter yachts are the nimble-footed heavyweights of their sport. Add the tactical elements of chess: when to defend against an opponent's move, when to ignore it, when to sail off in a different direction. The unmatched combination of required resources has made modern Ahabs of the obsessed competitors...