Word: counterfuls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...compression technology--and a single product, SoftRAM 95--that a small Southern California company called Syncronys Softcorp rose this summer from start-up obscurity to the top of the software best-seller lists. Its glittery success in software sales was matched in the financial markets, where in over-the-counter trading the company's shares skyrocketed from...
...crack down on dissidents and get away with it, in spite of anticipated protests and diplomatic pressure from Western countries like the U.S. Still others view it as Beijing's attempt to publicly discredit Wei by depicting him, to the local and international audience, as a despicable criminal, to counter his image of a pro-democracy crusader and prisoner of conscience. Despite the ebbing of public support for China's pro-democracy movement overseas, there has been a constant clamor, especially in the West, for the release of dissidents like...
...Richer, For Poorer: Mothers Confront Divorce, Demie Kurz examines the impact of divorce on American women. Her book is a counter argument to this conservative attitude of politicians who blame female-headed households for the decline of family values, high crime rates, and "epidemic" rise in teen pregnancy...
What separates the new over-the-counter medications from the old solutions? Antacids, which consist largely of chemical compounds called bases, neutralize the wayward acid, but as acid continues to migrate upward from the stomach, heartburn can return in only a few hours. Acid blockers like Pepcid and Tagamet, on the other hand, go to the root of the problem by suppressing the production of acid in cells lining the interior of the stomach without interfering with normal digestion. These cells normally produce acid when a form of histamine called H2 "docks" with receptors in the cell walls, much like...
...bigger bang provided by H2 antagonists worth the much bigger buck to the consumer? And does it justify the FDA's approval of over-the-counter versions? When the FDA discussed the issue, an analogy to over-the-counter arthritis medication was forcefully made: Just as some people need effective, readily available medicine for aches and pains, some people need similar medicine for heartburn...