Word: heart
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...report isn?t a guarantee, though. Most of the slowdown was due to the trade deficit; imports aren?t counted in the GDP, although they do show up in the overall economy when cash-loaded consumers head to the mall. So inflation could still be lurking in the heart of the U.S. economy ?- but it?s not putting much fear in Alan Greenspan...
There's another benefit: it's therapeutic. Heart's Ann Wilson says that talking about how her obesity and industry sexism helped derail the band in the '80s left her feeling "freed up, because once you talk about it, it can no longer eat you alive." Fabrice Morvan, half of Milli Vanilli (his partner Rob Pilatus died of a drug and alcohol overdose last year), says, "For the first time I could show who I was as a person and an artist. I felt a sense of respect...
Critics say BTM sometimes sensationalizes. Jason Goodman, who produced the Madonna and Cher episodes, says he had to fight for the relatively low-key Heart show: "They aren't as interested in artists who haven't made tabloid headlines." Before his show aired, Lenny Kravitz was at a loss to guess the angle: "I hadn't killed anyone, and I wasn't broke or on heroin, so I wondered what they'd focus on." The show detailed his divorce from actress Lisa Bonet and the death of his mother. Still, Kravitz, like most BTM subjects, was pleased. Says Rosenthal: "Everyone...
UNLUCKY STROKES Though the benefits of heart surgery clearly outweigh the risks for most patients, a stroke during or after such an operation can be a devastating complication for some people. Being female or diabetic, for example, triples the risk of stroke. At highest risk, however, are those patients who have had a stroke prior to heart surgery; for them, the chances that another stroke will occur rise 14-fold...
Office drones of the world, unite! This clever first novel is narrated by a nameless young woman who is killing time and brain cells by working as a receptionist at the stuffy Academy of Material Science in London. Pouring her heart out in a novel-cum-diary, she is attempting to figure out a tumultuous love affair. But while this subject has been handled much better by more sophisticated writers, the author really comes alive in her sharp descriptions of the deadly pettiness of office life: who sits with whom in the company cafeteria; what the people who answer...