Word: hr
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...made the Top 40; her Workout studios are now in Beverly Hills, Encino and San Francisco and will be opening up in other large cities. At the Beverly Hills center, housewives and secretaries mingle with Hollywood actresses, such as Kate Jackson, Ali MacGraw and Jill Clayburgh, spending $6 per hr. to perform hamstring stretches, buttocks lifts and donkey kicks...
...takeover battle for Babcock & Wilcox Co., the electrical power plant manufacturer. Before last week's setback, he had parlayed a $4.1 million investment into a firm with assets of $300 million in less than two years. A stylish dresser, Boesky stays in shape for his 18-hr, workdays by playing squash or tennis four times a week. Says he of risk arbitrage: "If one is willing to work hard and can withstand the mental and physical pressures, there is probably no more exciting enterprise...
...copilot back to the second cabin and treat his minor wounds. That was a mistake. As the pilot, unknown to the rebels, began to circle over Shanghai, the copilot and steward started to plot in whispers with nearby Chinese passengers. The plane continued to circle for 2½ hr., until it was so low on fuel that the air conditioning went off and the pilot cut two of the engines...
Eager to solidify his position against a host of potential competitors, including the networks, Turner revved up his competitive pace in January with CNN2. The programs use the same raw material as CNN but reshape it into a 24-hr, hard-news "headline service," similar to network news shows or all-news radio. In contrast to CNN, which is structured for extended viewing, CNN2 is meant to provide a quick catch-up on the news whenever the audience tunes in. The service is supplied via satellite to cable systems that are wired into 1.5 million homes, and to some...
...u.C.L.A. researchers have reported that herpes viruses can live on towels for up to 72 hr. and on toilet seats for at least four. In one test, a seat used by a woman with thigh lesions showed live herpes viruses 90 min. later. But most doctors down-play the U.C.L.A. study. Dr. Harold Kessler of Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's, in Chicago, says herpetics should use their own towels, though the chances of passing on the infection via a towel are only about 1%. The virus dies so fast on a toilet seat, he says, that the risk of infection...