Word: filteration
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...expert can predict exactly how the oil-price savings will filter through the rich complexity of the U.S. econ omy. Many companies will lower prices; others will increase workers' salar ies; some will fatten their profits. Adroit managers will try to do all three. But there is no doubt about the net result: Americans will have more money in their pockets, and they will be able to find fresh ways to spend, invest and enjoy their newly recovered wealth, at least...
Though patients undergoing LDL-pheresis have suffered few side effects, the long-term consequences are unknown. There is a theoretical risk, doctors say, that antibodies in the filter could leach out into the blood and cause allergic reactions. Many believe the inconvenience and expense of the procedure will limit its applicability. Dr. Antonio Gotto, a leading lipid researcher, estimates that a year of weekly treatments would cost $40,000. Even an LDL-pheresis enthusiast like Chazov agrees that it is not "a means of mass treatment for atherosclerosis." For that, he says, one must turn not to miraculous medical intervention...
What is remarkable, is that tobacco companies have remained callous to the needs of the public. While cigarettes that are lower in nicotine content and filters were developed they didn't substantially reduce the risk to a similar extent that the soft drinks were reduced. A simple filter could be casually compared to light beer a way of diluting the strength of the product, but not to the point of reducing health risks. If the tobacco companies were actually acting on good faith, they would long ago have developed a better product...
That's not to say that everyone plays polo. But opportunities for instruction and competition that exist on the West Coast are only gradually beginning to filter across the rest of the country...
Investigators shortly discovered some startling evidence: sugar had clogged the plane's fuel filter and may have stopped the turboprop engine. The FBI, investigating the apparent sabotage, indicated that revenge might have been the motive. Agents were weighing a possible link to an incident in Tennessee last month in which a smuggler loaded with $15 million worth of stolen cocaine was killed in a parachute jump. Beyond that, there were suggestions of a disturbing recklessness. The plane's owner, David Lee Williams of Atlanta, disregarded a mechanic's warning that the fuel was contaminated. He flew the craft...