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Dentists are also profiting from America's enthusiasm for self-improvement: apparently, more people want perfect smiles to go with their Nautilus-toned bodies. In New York City, Dr. Barry Bloom has seen cosmetic dentistry rise to account for more than 70% of his practice. "It used to be only theater types coming in," he says. "Now it's secretaries, businessmen, accountants, policemen." Patients can choose from a variety of cosmetic procedures that include bleaching, which offers a temporary lightening of tooth stains, and the application of veneers, thin porcelain or acrylic facades that have been likened to false fingernails...
...transformed the minimalist style from an end into a means, his task now is to maintain both quality and a sense of artistic progress. If such considerations trouble him, it is not apparent. He goes energetically about his work with the rude optimism of a creative artist in full bloom...
This law also allowed the city to set up the different tax rates for commercial and residential properties, said Arnold Bloom, the eight clubs in the appeal of the classification...
...clubs are disputing the higher tax rates because they contend they are fraternities, Bloom said, adding that the matter of permanent residence is not the cruse of the issue. In a case now before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Appelate Tax Board ruled that a nursing home is a commercial property despite the fact that people live there, he said...
...university expresses concern over how their clubs are managed," but they will not be able to after they never ties with the clubs, Bloom said. "They can't have it both ways...