Word: philipe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...your company is a villain in one of history?s greatest public health disasters, it?s simply good business to flog yourself as painlessly and as publicly as possible ? before someone else does. That's what appears to have happened Tuesday when, in a stunning admission of the obvious, Philip Morris acknowledged that cigarette smoking isn?t safe, that cigarettes are addictive and that those who indulge are far more likely to develop certain kinds of cancer than nonsmokers. The tobacco giant?s web site, while still sprinkled liberally with friendly references to its Marlboro brand, now hosts a page...
...evidence whatsoever that a wireless phone has ever caused ignition or explosion at a gas station anywhere in the world," scoffed Tom Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, in a written statement. But to DeWitt, that might as well have come from the CEO of Philip Morris. "We know these guys lie," he says. So judge the risks of connectivity yourself - keeping in mind that the cellular honchos issued the very same denial about the cancer risk. Better call back...
...Tuition. Janet Tedesco, a high school teacher in Metairie, La., and her husband Ken, a college development officer, arranged a $65,000 line of credit in 1997. They are using it to put two children through school--Kerri, who graduated from Spring Hill College in Alabama in May, and Philip, a sophomore at Notre Dame...
...incidents that might spark a national panic in the U.S. are unlikely to alter Japan?s pattern of energy use. "The U.S. nuclear industry basically self-destructed under political and economic pressure because it couldn?t run plants safely enough to satisfy the public," says TIME science editor Philip Elmer-DeWitt. "But Japan is unlikely to change course because they?re economically dependent on nuclear power. Generally they?ve made it work for them, but nuclear fuel is dangerous and the price of using it is that there will be accidents every now and again." But a government that plans...
...most part, the otherwise healthy completely recover from shingles, though when the eyes or ears are affected, permanent damage can occur. Other complications include excruciating pain that can linger for months, even years. "You were lucky," said Dr. Philip Brunell, a shingles expert at the National Institutes of Health, when he heard that I had gone back to work within a week. "At your stage some people can't bear to put on clothes...