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...centers around the country. According to the company, 76% of the men using a solution that was 2% minoxidil showed evidence of new hair growth after a year. That was the assessment of researchers who regularly counted the strands within a 1-in.-diameter circle at the peak of volunteers' heads. But what truly counts, after all, is what is in the mirror. Only 40% of the subjects felt new hair growth was moderate, and a mere 8% considered it dense. Moreover, test results show that a placebo solution (lacking minoxidil) was at times just as effective as the lotion...
...heavy traffic is proving costly to manufacturers. Ashton-Tate, conceding that during peak hours its current staff cannot keep up with the calls, already spends $1.5 million a year on salaries, office expenses and training to provide software advice. Living Videotext in Mountain View, Calif., figures that the net cost of talking to a single user is between $30 and $40 an hour. "If I talk to them twice," says President David Winer, "I'm starting to pay them to use my product...
...cinematography reaches its peak in the paddle-off between Paul and Lili's boyfriend, Liu (Wang Xiao) as the former fights to prove himself true to his heritage and the latter to retain his girlfriend and his title as ping-pong champ. Showing the anguish and competitiveness of both contenders, this scene goes beyond a mere ping-pong contest and touches both characters at their souls...
...curbing payroll expenses through staff attrition and employee wage concessions. The cost of carrying a passenger for a mile on traditional airlines averaged only 7.7 cents during the first quarter of 1986, an 11% decrease from 1985. Wall Street analysts predict that as traffic picks up during the peak summer travel season, the industry will enjoy a turnaround and make a profit for 1986 as a whole...
...witty, outspoken reporter on its staff, and sent her out to cover general-assignment and humaninterest stories. Eventually, she was given the chance to operate heavier machinery at NBC. She wrote for and co-anchored Weekend and NBC News Overnight, feature- journalism shows that were mostly seen in off-peak viewing hours. Yet Ellerbee seems to have had a prime time. "And So It Goes" is a breezy collection of anecdotes about covering the news both soft and hard: the circus as well as political campaigns (because she was dressed in jeans and a parka, George Bush mistook...