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...about to start. We are roused to applause by a dinky and wholly unnecessary "Applause" sign. These girls would applaud for anything. My ears start to hurt from pre-pubescent screams. I get in a few shouts here and there, but my voice starts to hurt and my hands burn from clapping. I'm too old for this...
...want to do something similar, most of Ford's competitors may not be able to afford it." The most immediate beneficiary of the scheme, of course, is Hewlett Packard, which is now expecting an order equivalent to 4 percent of its 1999 worldwide sales. Corporations with money to burn - Ford has $23.6 billion in cash reserves - ought to expect calls from Compaq, Dell, Gateway and Apple...
...rooms of average Americans--was simple, easy to understand and almost universally regarded as nuts. This was particularly true since HBO was incinerating money. Levin knew he had to gamble, and in a move that foreshadowed a liking for big deals, he persuaded Time Inc.'s conservative board to burn another $7.5 million for a slot on the very first communications satellite so that HBO could be broadcast nationwide. "What do cable guys know about the space business?" skeptics on the board asked Levin. To them, space meant NASA: engineers with buzz cuts, white short-sleeved shirts and clip...
...GOLDEN BAMBOO LEMUR HOME Madagascar POPULATION about 1,000 --Discovered in 1985 in the island's eastern rain forests, this bamboo eater is threatened by slash-and-burn agriculture around Ranomafana National Park...
CHEW ON THIS Your personal trainer may not approve, but a new study reveals what may be the easiest way to burn off calories: chewing gum. Chomping for an hour on a big wad (half a pack, sugarless) raises the metabolic rate 19% and burns 11 extra calories. That may not sound like much, but researchers calculate that chewing every waking hour can knock off 10 lbs. a year. The experiment illustrates that even the most trivial increase in activity can affect weight. Another example: strolling at a snail's pace (1 m.p.h.) doubles metabolic rate and burns 62 calories...