Word: failings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first week, but the firm's president, Charles Sekeres, admitted to Wyden's committee that this range was based only on individuals who are "morbidly obese" or on men (who can slim down more quickly than women). In addition, ads for most weight-loss programs fail to mention that many customers regain weight just as fast as they lose it if they return to their old eating habits. The industry, contends Wyden, focuses "more on quick profits than on responsible weight loss you can really keep...
...that, of course, is to violate current League of Women Voters standards of good citizenship. Let others struggle valiantly to raise the political awareness of all citizens. Let them rage against the tides of indifference. They will fail, and when they do, relax. Remember that indifference to politics leaves all the more room for the things that really count: science, art, religion, family and play...
...darling of the West, the oft-cited example of an African country that works. But in conforming to the Western powers' model for an ally, President Daniel arap Moi draws the line at multiparty democracy. Not even the implicit threat of a cutback in aid to countries that fail to practice pluralistic politics, delivered by U.S. Ambassador Smith Hempstone earlier this month, has budged him. "Kenya," Moi replied to the envoy's comments, "does not require any guidance from outsiders on how to run its affairs...
...Disney's $30 million Dick Tracy, starring Warren Beatty and Madonna; Warner Bros.' $32 million Gremlins 2; and Paramount's $45 million Another 48 Hrs. "This is the summer of the blockbuster," says Sidney Ganis, president of the Paramount Motion Picture Group. "If one or more of them fail, next summer there won't be nearly as many rolling...
...direction. And most people don't. Because a known fact is better than an unknown fact. I'm at the depot, and I'm not going anywhere. That's better to deal with than having to deal with the unknown. And the unknown is they don't want to fail. They don't want to pay the price unless there's a guarantee they're going to get there...