Word: forme
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...wind up in Los Angeles as the reluctant brides to sons of a Chinatown entrepreneur to whom their father owed a gambling debt, experiencing the racism that characterized Chinese emigrant life. And later, as the story moves past 1949, a connection to See's mystery novels emerges, in the form of a key character heading across the Pacific, leaving the door open for a sequel to take place in the modern People's Republic...
About 38% of adults now use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Any health-care debate should include the potential benefits of integrating evidence-based CAM into conventional medicine. Joel Christie, BELLEAIR BLUFFS...
Billy Mays knew how to sell. He was the consummate pitchman, rising from boardwalks to state fairs to short-form direct-response ads. By the time he died of heart disease on June 28 at 50, he was on television more than 400 times a week. To an aspiring inventor or an entrepreneur, his oratory was the difference between a pipe dream and a blockbuster...
With his trademark beard and booming voice, Billy conquered the challenge of selling more than a product to the consumer. Billy sold Billy. Many of his wares had been around in some form for 50 years, but Billy breathed new life into them. It didn't matter whether he was hawking steamers or adhesive putty or his OxiClean brand...
...Olympic Committee (USOC) announced on July 8 that it had signed an agreement with Comcast to form the U.S. Olympic Network, which will provide year-round coverage of Olympic sports. According to the USOC, the network will launch sometime after the 2010 Vancouver Games. One problem: the U.S. Olympic Network could compete with NBC, which is paying $2.2 billion to broadcast the 2010 and 2012 Olympics. The network accounts for roughly half of the IOC's global broadcast-rights fees, and NBC will surely be among the bidders for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics. Plus, NBC wanted the USOC...