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...York Giants: Dwayne Rudd, LB, Alabama. The G-men need a play-maker at linebacker. They have a bunch of solid guys, but no one who will turn a game around a la Lawrence Taylor. Rudd can cover, blitz, play the run, and knows how to play off blocks...
CHICAGO: The ethics of the Zeneca case looked even more problematic following news that the maker of a pricey synthetic thyroid hormone suppressed research findings that cheaper alternatives are just as effective in controlling thyroid-related illnesses. A story in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association said the Knoll Pharmaceutical Company attempted to discredit and keep from public view a University of California study that found Synthroid, the firm's flagship thyroid medication, no more effective than the generic competition. Although Synthroid's prior manufacturer, Flint Laboratories, commissioned the study, Knoll reportedly threatened author Betty...
...groups ask for $10 a month, in addition to the $70 payment each patient gets from his or her employer; others demand $20, still others $40 (no deductibles though). You pays your money--along with funds kicked in by such employers as Pillsbury, General Mills, Honeywell or Scotch tape-maker 3M--and you takes your choice...
...proper burial outfits, packed suitcases, lists, farewell videotapes, even recipes for death. The ghastly jumble of bodies piled upon bodies discovered in Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978 may have provided a stark lesson in how not to do it. That mass suicide was a disorderly, ungracious way to meet your maker, a study not in serenity but in chaos...
LeBow is a reformed smoker, but he is not a reformed capitalist. In the 1980s, for example, LeBow made noise about a possible takeover of cigarette maker American Brands. He lost his resolve but found a profit, making $30 million when he surprised other investors by selling the stock. He made one of his biggest killings early this decade. LeBow had bought the Western Union money-transfer business in 1987, and watched his company sink into bankruptcy in 1991. Then, amazingly enough, he managed to find a buyer for the business a couple of years ago, which allowed...