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...drug hits the brain. A cut that accelerates heart rate might make them think they're getting the real thing. In the brain, levamisole may affect the same acetylcholine receptors activated by nicotine, another addictive drug that raises dopamine levels - which may be another clue to levamisole's lure. (See pictures of the antinarcotics police in Guinea-Bissau and Liberia...
...into prostitution on the streets of central Bloemfontein for 12 straight hours every night. Each morning, he collected their earnings - Sindiswa averaged $40 per night; Elizabeth, $65. Elizabeth tried to escape three times, once absconding for several weeks. Jude always found her or used Sindiswa as a hostage to lure her back, then enlisted an enforcer named Rasta to beat her. (See pictures of violence in South Africa...
...East and the Asia-Pacific region have surged from $160 million to $1.2 billion, or about 20% of total sales. "The investments we've made in emerging markets have all reached a critical size," says TCS's Chandrasekaran. TCS discovered that its expansion has opened up new opportunities to lure business from international clients. After struggling to convince Spanish companies to outsource to India, TCS found them much more comfortable outsourcing to the firm's staff in Spanish-speaking Latin America. Business is coming from local companies as well. In early December, TCS launched a currency-trading network for Chinese...
...government's decision to extend the $8,000 first-time home-buyer tax credit to mid-2010 and expand the program to include a $6,500 credit for non-first-time home buyers will likely help lure home shoppers into the market. Also, the slide in prices is making homes more affordable. Notes Burns: "If you go to Phoenix, it's $800 a month to buy a brand-new house," making it more affordable than renting...
...salaries, as is a writer-director (Nancy Meyers) with a solid track record (What Women Want, Something's Gotta Give). But a romantic triangle with three stars whose combined age is 175 has trouble appealing to teen daters. To make its money back, It's Complicated will have to lure the Red Hat Society and other women of a certain age. They go to movies, all right, but not necessarily on Christmas weekend - somebody has to cook the meals and do the dishes. A healthy A- CinemaScore from exiting moviegoers suggests that Streep & Co., still have a shot...