Word: fountains
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...humans' oldest dreams is to stay young. While the Fountain of Youth remains undiscovered, a PBS series, Stealing Time: The New Science of Aging, documents findings about genes, diet and exercise that hold the promise of buoyant longevity. The 3-hr. program, which airs in its entirety June 2 over most public stations and is available on videotape, explores revolutionary research that could lead to not only longer and but also healthier and more intellectually acute lives...
...Philadelphia, where Goodman grew up, and still defended clients. And on that Tuesday--just as he had promised--nine reputed members of a local crime family, including a Goodman client nicknamed Crazy Phil, beat a murder rap. Goodman had vowed to mark the moment by jumping nude into the fountain of the Four Seasons Hotel, but was stopped by hotel security. He put his clothes on and joined a party of hundreds of the defendants' friends feasting on champagne and hoagies...
...home, Pepsi's restructuring--and the cash thrown off by the IPO--allows it to take dead aim at Coke's near monopoly in fountain soda sales. It's a hugely important part of the business. Pepsi holds its own in grocery and discount stores, but the fountain business gushes profits for Coke. Now, free of the restaurant business ("Why buy from one of your competitors?" Coke sales reps used to be able to say to fast-food operators), Pepsi can become more effective. Even if the campaign doesn't win many big accounts--it did win Bojangles and Pizza...
...fled again, this time to Arizona. Short on cash, he applied for a job at the Fountain Cafe in Mesa, using his real name and Social Security number. Working his charm, he befriended the owners, Mike and Gale Moran, who later told reporters they thought Tom was just wonderful. He always took out the trash, liked to wear the red apron, that sort of thing. They let him drive their car, and he was friends with their daughter. "We had no idea," they would later say, over and over...
...CURRIER DINING HALL FOUNTAIN...