Word: counterfuls
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...organizations using city money to develop minority-owned firms. Williams thought they were spending the money inefficiently, and he sponsored a bill to cut them loose. Later, as an official with the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Williams worked to bring developers into struggling neighborhoods--neighborhoods sometimes suspicious of a bean counter wearing a bow tie. (Williams adopted the bow tie because he liked the look of a couple of Nation of Islam guys who worked in the office--though he says the choice was strictly sartorial, not religious.) Still later, when Williams worked at St. Louis' Community Development Agency, two black...
...models that make housing affordable already exist. We routinely build successful mixed-income residential developments all over the country. Programs that counter disinvestment like Sharp, syndications and Section 8 work. Indeed, while only 1 percent of public education funds come from the federal government, 75 percent of affordable housing funds are federal. Congress must invest more...
...testosterone, which is found in varying degrees in both men and women, is a single hydrogen atom. That helps explain why androstenedione is banned by the National Football League and the International Olympic Committee. If you find it surprising that you can buy a steroid over the counter, you can thank the U.S. Congress, which in 1994 barred the Food and Drug Administration from regulating the "dietary supplements" industry...
Unlike several of the substances mentioned in your story about the use of performance boosters by bicyclists in the Tour de France [MEDICINE, Aug. 10], creatine is not a drug, and its use is not illegal. It is a nutritional supplement that is available over the counter at almost every nutrition store. Pfanstiehl Laboratories has been manufacturing synthetic high-purity creatine since 1961. We know of no amateur or professional sport in which the use of creatine is banned. Athletes use synthetic creatine to supplement their bodies' natural production of it, increase strength and extend their peak performance. GEORGE HOLSTEIN...
...sometimes get pretty thick over the perfume counter. Now a German company, Aerome, has developed a computerized multimedia kiosk that stores as many as 100 popular scents from the likes of Calvin Klein and Chanel and then releases them--discreetly--through a small opening while an infomercial plays onscreen. The kiosks will be in stores in Germany, England and France this week, with a U.S. debut at Bloomingdale's and Macy's next month...