Word: boom
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Detective Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach), Law & Order I would read them their Carmen Miranda rights: "You have the right to wear a big floppy hat piled with fruit. You have the right to wear platform heels. You have the right to say 'Chick-a-BOOM, Chick-a-BOOM' in a court...
...CNBC DAYTIME Like CNN and the Gulf War or Court TV and O.J., the financial-news net defined the boom era with its sharp, zesty, sports-jock-style coverage. In 1999, the business of America was business news, and cnbc's ticker--seen in bars, gyms, airports--was the frantic eeg of a stock-crazed, mercantile society...
...left claiming victory, believing that what they hate about globalization will now come into focus as clearly as the familiar arguments in favor of it--that freer trade creates jobs for everybody and lower prices for consumers. Indeed, free trade has been an important reason for the '90s boom. Even as Seattle assessed the damage on Friday, the Dow was soaring nearly 250 points on news that the unemployment rate was stuck at its 30-year low. But the protesters were in Seattle to insist that globalization has become another word for capitulation to the worst excesses of capitalism...
Fortunately, the aging of the baby boomers is also creating a boom of services (many of them free) for people thrust into the caregiver's role. Geriatric-case managers can offer all kinds of practical assistance to a family in need, from coordinating home health care to providing financial and emotional counseling. The local Office of the Aging, or Eldercare Locator (800-677-1116), can assign local case managers for families who live at a distance. Two particularly helpful Internet sites are www.AgeNet.com and www.aoa.gov...
These numbers will rise dramatically over the next few years, both because the baby-boom generation is aging and because the elderly are living longer. Unfortunately, the standard treatment for arthritis is the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDS, a group that includes aspirin and ibuprofen. Too often these medicines have unacceptable side effects, including internal bleeding and ulcers...