Word: experimention
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The strategy could backfire by cutting profit margins, but Blockbuster is committed. It invested $50 million in a revenue-sharing experiment last year and was thrilled with the results. The company has moved quickly. Last quarter 80% of tapes were obtained via revenue sharing, up from 25% in the first...
No one knows how many transgendered people exist, but at least 25,000 Americans have undergone sex-reassignment surgery, and the dozen or so North American doctors who perform it have long waiting lists. Psychologists say "gender-identity disorder" occurs in at least 2% of children; they experience discomfort with...
Last Thursday a Maryland appeals court upheld that ruling. Within a few weeks, Cornilous could be taken from the heartbroken Maryland woman with whom he has spent almost all of his short life and who wants to adopt him. The case has drawn national attention and fueled a bitter debate...
I met Ray Flynn, Sheila Burke, Al Simpson, participated in many spirited discussions about American people and politics and the chance to participate in the ongoing experiment of social development and choice and change.
And there's always a possibility that superaspirins could provoke some unforeseen side effects. Although clinical trials haven't yet revealed any problems, in many ways the real experiment doesn't begin until doctors start writing prescriptions for hundreds of thousands of people. The trouble with Duract, for example, showed...