Word: amway
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...does The Nudist feel so often like a motivational speech for Amway recruits? Perhaps because of comments like "There is no true failure in Silicon Valley" or "To create and risk failing is the essence of feeling alive." When Bronson isn't exhorting readers to "give salesmen their due respect," he's reminding us that the futurist George Gilder is always right--technology will prevail. Through Bronson's rosy lens, everyone is boldly striving in the valley, even if it's just for free cappuccinos in the break room...
Take Dr. Gary Smith, for example. For the past four years, the Houston urologist has been picking up extra cash by promoting Amway products. Smith says he finds most of his clients at medical conferences, around the hospital or at social events and rarely pitches his patients unless they ask him about...
...Total number of anticipated layoffs announced last week at Boeing, Exxon-Mobil, ITT, Kellogg, Johnson & Johnson, Smurfit-Stone, Courtaulds, United Dominion, Volvo, Deutsche Bank and Amway...
...natural supplements last year--nearly double the amount spent in 1994, and sales continue to grow at better than 10% a year. Shoppers can stock up not only at incense-scented tofu-and-sprouts shops but also at corner pharmacies and supermarkets, and from mail-order houses, websites and Amway distributors who rattle their pillboxes door to door. Preparations made from herbs--from aloe for regularity to valerian for restful sleep--are the hottest of all, with some 60 million Americans now swallowing doses regularly. And for those who crave a tastier fix, there are new so-called functional foods...
Believe those or not, one fact is irrefutable: biomagnetics is a growth industry. Nikken Inc., the North American division of a Japanese company that claimed worldwide sales of more than $1.5 billion in 1994, has become the Amway of magnetic products, with 60,000 distributors nationwide. The BIOflex line of products--$45 wrist wraps to $95 back braces--will soon be available in sporting-goods stores...