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Even the most sophisticated hearing aids cannot restore perfect hearing. In particularly difficult conditions, many people find assistive listening and alerting devices helpful. In her determination not to be sidelined by her profound hearing loss, New Yorker Ruth Bernstein, 67, has become a gadget guru. The lamps in her living room, office and bedroom are wired to flash when the phone rings or the doorbell buzzes. Her telephone has a receiver with a powerful amplifier. Though theaters are required to lend listening systems to hard-of-hearing customers, Bernstein has purchased her own infrared unit. She's also bought...
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER Condi Rice Guru...
...wins, Sharon will be able to trace his victory back to a Park Avenue conference room. Last June, Sharon and his son Omri, 36, met American political guru Arthur Finkelstein and his assistant Jay Warshaw in the New York City office of Arie Genger, a wealthy supporter. Sharon was worried about what Barak was about to give up to Arafat in the name of peace. But he saw a bright spot: "I know that this will lead to elections, and I'll be the candidate to run against Barak." Finkelstein, who advised Benjamin Netanyahu, Sharon's predecessor as Likud leader...
Half got a jump-start from one of the greatest publicity coups in dotcom history. Its marketing guru talked Halfway, Ore. (pop. 345), into renaming itself Half.com Ore., in exchange for $75,000 and 22 computers. The move made national headlines and landed Kopelman on NBC's Today Show with Katie Couric. Traffic and sales soared, and by June, Half was the 18th largest e-commerce site, with 250,000 registered users. That month eBay plunked down more than $300 million in stock to buy the company...
...guru is "kind, knowing, giving. Like Buddha of old, you can be a persuasive speaker," the website says...