Word: grow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...started it all." Peter Israel, president of the Putnam Publishing Group, Inc., dismisses talking books as a "fad, certainly, but I'm not sure it's a real business." But those who have made a commitment to electronic literature beg to differ. Newman Communications Corp., one of the fastest-growing tape publishers in the U.S., began in 1981 with sales of less than $200,000, which leaped to more than $7 million three years later. "We're not dealing with a Hula-Hoop phenomenon," says its president, Harold J. Newman. "The underlying base of the business continues to grow every...
During the movie, you grow to view George as a tragic figure, doomed never to succeed and always to suffer. But at the end, he walks away from what should be breaking his heart, and finds happiness under a greasy truck, side by side with his friend the fat mechanic. He's too adaptable, too accepting of his fate to live up to the Lear-esque expectations he creates. But expectations aside, Hoskins' performance is so human, so natural, so believable, that it makes this otherwise unspectacular film very much worth seeing...
...turns out that minoxidil can indeed grow hair, but it rarely produces a robust crop. It works best on the scalps of men who are just beginning to go bald, especially those in their early 20s. Only a fraction of the nation's millions of balding men meet those criteria. This limited efficacy is borne out by Upjohn-sponsored tests at 27 centers around the country. According to the company, 76% of the men using a solution that was 2% minoxidil showed evidence of new hair growth after a year. That was the assessment of researchers who regularly counted...
...question of safety is a major FDA concern. Minoxidil is a potent drug, and taken orally in tablet form it can have serious adverse effects, including disturbing the heart's rhythm. (Minoxidil's ability to grow hair was a side effect, discovered during tests of the oral medication.) Some subjects using the 2% lotion have complained of skin itching, scaling and blistering. Ten subjects enrolled in the hair-growing tests have died, but their deaths, according to Upjohn, were not related to use of the lotion. However, no one knows the consequences of dabbing on the drug for 20 years...
...familiar to veteran computer owners. From young people stuck in the mazes of their adventure games to corporate managers whose accounting operations have been brought to a temporary halt, computer users have traditionally turned to the publishers of their software for free advice. Now, as computers proliferate and programs grow more complex, more and more people are jamming manufacturers' phone lines with frantic cries for help...