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...your vision while you sleep. That's the promise of a new contact lens made by Paragon Vision Sciences of Mesa, Ariz. The firm's Corneal Refractive Therapy lens is worn overnight to flatten the top layer of the cornea. In the morning the contact comes out, and the wearer has normal vision for one to three days, until the cornea gradually reverts to its normal shape. Similar contacts have been around for decades, but these are the first approved by the FDA for wear during sleep. They are especially attractive to athletes and those who find daytime lenses uncomfortable...
...viable reorganization plan for the largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history, involving $107 billion in assets. To generate real profit, he'll have to consider unloading its shrinking paging business and handing out even more pink slips. He also wants to turn the company into (don't laugh) a paragon of corporate governance--and is actually required to do so as part of his new contract, worth about $6 million annually in cash and stock. That should be a little easier now that the seven board members left over from Bernie Ebbers' free-spending days have just quit, leaving Capellas...
Subsequently, Martin negotiated a deal with Paragon Gaming, a Las Vegas company, to develop and manage a casino. Paragon is headed by Diana Bennett, a gaming executive and daughter of Vegas veteran and co-founder of the Circus Circus Casino William Bennett. Martin's Augustine Casino opened last July. With 349 slot machines and 10 gaming tables, it's the fifth and by far the most modest casino in the Palm Springs area. But it stands to make a lot of non-Indian investors--and one Indian adult--rich...
...paragon of paternal concern, Mr. O'Shea Jackson, is better known to the world as Ice Cube. As a teenager, he came straight outta South Central Los Angeles as a member of N.W.A. (Niggaz With Attitude), the most notorious rap group from the toughest ghetto in L.A. In their hit F___ tha Police, he grabbed the mike and fulminated, "Ice Cube will swarm/On any motherf_____ in a blue uniform." That sentiment earned him a stern letter from...
...certain sense, it was understandable that John Gotti’s death would receive lots of media coverage; after all, the Don had been an immense public figure in New York City. What was baffling, though, was how the recently deceased Gotti suddenly emerged as a paragon of virtue, character and righteous perseverance. He may have been a good father to his children and a loving husband to his wife—none of us are entitled to dispute those claims from his family. To that end, our prayers should be with his relatives, as they struggle through this trying...