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Some plant owners see their specialists on a regular basis, rather like the twice yearly dental checkup. In West Hollywood, Lynn and Joel Rapp, who run a plant store called Mother Earth, provide regular service to casual growers and chronically worried plantochondriacs alike, charging $35 and up for weekly sessions of care and feeding of a customer's indoor garden. The emphasis is on keeping a weather eye out for disease or what the Rapps call "preventive medicine." "Mealy bugs and scale are in the air like cold germs," they warn, "Every time you open your door or window...
Pronounced physically fit and free from any signs of emotional strain after a long-delayed medical checkup, Richard Nixon quickened the tempo of his Watergate survival strategy with a burst of public appearances. At the same time he curtly cut off cooperation with Special Watergate Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, once more reneging on his previous claims that he wanted "all the facts" about the scandal exposed...
...hospital further increases efficiency by scheduling only one kind of examination each month. Last month's exam consisted of chest X rays; this month's will involve blood tests and urinalysis. For women, the March checkup will include Pap smears, which help detect cervical cancer, and men will undergo prostate examinations. Leg and foot examinations are scheduled for April, while eye examinations are planned for May. The 12-month cycle will start again next January...
...already enrolled 362 elderly people, many of whom are attracted by the low cost. "When you get older, you have to watch your pennies," says Mrs. Helen Erickson, 69. "You would be surprised at how many people over 65 wouldn't even think of going for a checkup." Other hospitals have expressed interest in copying the program. Prosser Memorial Hospital has had inquiries from health officials across the nation, and officials of two nearby hospitals are so impressed that they are thinking about setting up a Prosser plan in their own communities...
...purchase of a still bigger car, with air conditioning. With a car, one could live anywhere, work anywhere, travel anywhere and not have to bother about commuters' tickets or timetables. The car was something to plunge into debt for, boastfully display to friends and neighbors, anxiously take for a checkup whenever it began to cough...