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What they have begun to mean to American restaurateurs is a new way to attract the gastronomically curious and diet-conscious, who prefer to sample a progression of small dishes rather than limit tasting options to one large main course. Labeled grazers by the restaurant industry, this generally young and trendy clientele is flocking to tapas bars from coast to coast...
Some software manufacturers have begun charging for what they used to provide free. MicroPro still lists its overburdened customer-service number but also offers a $90-per-year premium service contract with an unlisted help line. Bargain-basement software firms like Paperback take credit-card numbers, time calls with a stopwatch and charge customers by the minute. One result: fewer queries. "If people have to pay a few dollars for the phone call," says Osborne, "it's amazing how smart they...
...that she keeps abreast of the latest styles in professional dance and attempts to have the classes mirror those trends. "I try to keep current with what the interests are in the dance world at large--post-modernism has become a great cry," she says. Accordingly, the Center has begun offering classes with post-modernist teachers and has sponsored an exhibit in post-modern dance which is presently showing at Widener Library...
Many American and European officials have begun to argue, however, that the effectiveness of economic sanctions is not as important as the political statement they represent. As such, the measures are aimed as much at South Africa's standing in the world community as at its pocketbook. Said Pennsylvania Congressman William Gray III, a strong advocate of House action: "Sanctions are a statement of where we stand as a nation, not an attempt to bring a government down...
...sealing may soon become widespread. Last week Warner-Lambert, a drug company that is also the world's leading supplier of two-piece capsules, announced that it would use a method of fusing the capsules similar to Lilly's in manufacturing its product line. This summer SmithKline has begun using the gelatin band in its Contac and Teldrin capsules...