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Would I do anything to become a mother? Yes. But to me that was a different question. Thus my foray into fertility treatment lasted barely eight months--an eye blink compared with the brave women who soldier on year after year. I found every moment of that battle against biology a nightmare. The first salvo was Clomid, prescribed by a gynecologist who, upon learning that I was 37 and Joe 50, warned, "Given your ages, you should proceed as quickly as possible." Eager to hasten a pregnancy that already felt long overdue, I swallowed the pills. But rather than stimulating...
...blink ? you may miss the latest development in the saga unfolding between the International Monetary Fund and South Korea...
...heart ? and its promise to end sanctions once Iraq?s weapons of mass destruction are neutralized. Saddam?s happy because he gets to look heroic to the Iraqi people, and didn?t have to deal directly with the hated Americans. Clinton should be happy, because he didn?t blink and the return of inspectors is unconditional. Who?d have thought ? a rational solution in the Gulf that doesn?t involve cruise missiles...
...Besides, Calley argues, current management deserves credit for what it has done right: savvy marketing and bold scheduling. "While we are living off the past at the moment, we are going to do more than a billion dollars this year, and that's not coasting." The studio didn't blink when Warner and Disney warned that Jerry Maguire would get steamrollered if it opened at Christmas, in competition with their respective offerings, Mars Attacks and The Preacher's Wife. According to Sony executives, Warner chiefs Bob Daly and Terry Semel even tried to enlist Tom Cruise to delay Jerry Maguire...
...rule is, I eat whatever everybody else eats--this is part of our research methodologies, the way we have to act," he says. "When I do my research I eat whatever is put in front of me. I never question; I never stop; I never blink. My attitude is that this is what my hosts are giving me and I have to respect them, and I've eaten some very strange things...