Word: alertness
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...food-industry lobbying, not to mention $2.4 million taxpayer dollars. The result is not so much a pyramid as a trapezoid, with a cute little staircase running up the side to represent exercise and a vertical striped color scheme that's about as useful as an amber terror alert...
...this drew attention to the new celebrity of the ex's on the world screen. Bigger than rock stars, more influential than television anchor people, when any combination of the former Presidents takes the stage it has huge impact in global politics; free trade, AIDS awareness, terrorism alert. The number of requests for appearances and endorsements now flood all their offices, and a subterranean network of staffers has sprung up so they can brush off imposters who falsely claim one of the other members has signed on to some cause...
...York. Being a city kid I learned independence and responsibility early on. As the only child of two working parents, by the age of 11 I was a latchkey kid, navigating the streets with my hand tightly on my bag and my head held high and alert. In high school, my friends and I mimicked the young professionals surrounding us, spending our weekends dining out, visiting museums, and partying at bars after finishing our homework...
...miles off course by 200-knot winds and dangerously close to the Soviet defense zone at Sakhalin. When crew members realized the error, they radioed Soviet controllers, who granted permission for the plane to change course. Only later did Nishioka learn that Soviet jets had been put on airborne alert and had trailed his craft. While the incident ended happily enough, it was a chilling reminder of Korean Air Lines Flight 007, which in September 1983 also strayed near Sakhalin. The Soviets fired on the jet, killing all 269 people on board...
...success of a few products has inspired a host of others. Miles Laboratories sells a test for urinary-tract infections, Medical Frontiers markets a product called V.D. Alert to test for gonorrhea, and Thermascan expects to have a home check for breast diseases, including cancer, ready by 1987. Creative Strategies predicts that sales of self-care products will reach $1.8 billion by 1988, and Marketing Communications magazine has suggested that handy medical devices could become as ubiquitous as wristwatches...