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Other companies that took major hits were transportation stocks whose business involves trade and travel: the parent companies of such airlines as American, United and Delta. Companies like Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and Gillette, which not long ago were praised for their successful penetration of global markets, last week were punished harshly through stock sell-offs. General Electric, the world's most valuable public corporation and one of the most admired, fell 22%, losing $68 billion of its market value...
...nearby room. When you came in, you could see Hill's tummy bulge under her blue overalls--the 23-year-old mom has another baby due in October. Now you can't see anything. You can just hear her voice. Motherhood is on her mind. What kind of parent will she be? Hip-hop is on her mind. Does her work have social worth? It's all swirling in her thoughts in the dark...
Night in New Jersey. A soft, warm rain is falling. You are standing on Hill's front porch. Hill bought the house for her parents and has her own place nearby, but she's been living here as she readies herself for the birth of her child. Hill's mom helps with the baby, as does Hill's boyfriend Rohan Marley, the son of Bob Marley and the father of both Zion and Hill's unborn child. Hill says the two have "plans to marry" but no set date. In the meantime, she says, "I don't consider myself...
...effective? None. In fact, this summer General Nutrition Centers, a national chain of health-food stores, ordered its franchisees not to sell the supplement. "We're not yet satisfied with the safety of this product," says John Troup, vice president for scientific affairs at the chain's corporate parent. "We don't know its effect on the liver, cardiovascular system or secondary sexual characteristics...
...immutable reality about us adoptees is that each of us has two sets of parents: one who gave life, the other who provided nurture. Eliminate either one, and there wouldn't be much of a child left for families to quibble over. Show me a parent who freely sets aside his or her own fears and insecurities to accept that truth about the child, and I'll show you a real parent. MARCY WINEMAN AXNESS Calabasas, Calif...