Word: coxing
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...companies have been furious over the beating they have been taking from Eisner & Co. but helpless against it. "Disney is trying to use the leverage they have with ESPN to make up for all the other businesses that may be troubled at this time," complained Pat Esser, COO of Cox Communications, the fourth largest U.S. operator (6.5 million subscribers), as its latest round of fee negotiations with ESPN began. The two sides are still talking, but Esser has argued that ESPN puts an unfair amount of pressure on consumers' cable fees. "They're trying to overcharge my customer, and that...
Sometimes the reason for the initial inflammatory cycle is obvious - as with chronic heartburn, which continually bathes the lining of the esophagus with stomach acid, predisposing a person to esophageal cancer. Other times, it's less clear. Scientists are exploring the role of an enzyme called cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2) in the development of colon cancer. COX-2 is yet another protein produced by the body during inflammation...
...years, researchers have shown that folks who take daily doses of aspirin - which is known to block COX2 - are less likely to develop precancerous growths called polyps. The problem with aspirin, however, is that it can also cause internal bleeding. Then in 2000, researchers showed that Celebrex, another COX-2 inhibitor that is less likely than aspirin to cause bleeding, also reduces the number of polyps in the large intestine...
Noah (Harrison Chad), an 8-year-old boy whose mother has died and who resents his new stepmother, idolizes Caroline but is frustrated by her coldness. His stepmother Rose (Veanne Cox), a New York transplant, tries reaching out to the maid but settles instead for enlisting her help in disciplining Noah. Annoyed that he continually leaves change in his pants pockets, Rose tells Caroline to keep anything she finds. It will teach him a lesson; she could use the money...
...talent, which is for cracking safes, and one M.O., which is taking an annual job as a department-store Kris Kringle, using that cover to case the joint and lifting all the seasonal cash from its strongbox on Christmas Eve. In this he is abetted by Marcus (Tony Cox), who plays Willie's helpful elf by day and then worms his way through tight spaces to disarm security systems by night...