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Here was my chance. The reporter had been given my number. Good. Been told I was the right person to talk to. Well, of course. He was writing a story. Oh. About The Crimson. I see. About how Crimson editors weren’t going into journalism any more. Gulp...
...spent more than $600 million on over-the-counter sleep-inducing supplements such as melatonin and valerian root. Others seek medical treatment or psychological therapy to get to sleep, while the rest of us accept our nocturnal tossing and turning as just another of life's unavoidable nuisances and gulp an extra cup of coffee the next morning to compensate. (See the Year in Health, from...
...Using the industry metric, which estimates that about three-quarters of current sales are replacement vehicles, demand will push past 13 million cars by 2012. O.K., so assume that some people will drive less, run their cars into the ground or - gulp - give up driving. You still don't lose much. What's known in the industry as "density" - the ratio of vehicles to drivers - continues to increase...
...decided not to pull his two children out of their international schools, and he still frequents the American Club sports bar, where the TV screens hanging from the ceiling blare more CNBC financial news than football or tennis. Most evenings, the crowd of bankers and businessmen groan and gulp their drinks as they watch markets plummet...
...come to experience a whole new world called sitting in silence. It is as comfortable for them as it is uncomfortable for me; I am caught with indecision about whether or not to wait it out for the sake of cultural experience or gulp down the milk and run for my room. Fortunately the battery-operated radio is still bringing us Tanzania’s latest hits, and a healthy dose of Celine Dion’s greatest hits— just enough noise to accentuate our own silence...