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Talk isn't cheap. Amway distributors reportedly paid $100,000 for George Bush to address their convention. For Ronald Reagan on the podium, prepare to shell out $60,000. A fee schedule for other Reagan-Bush alums...
...authorities on health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American College of Sports Medicine and the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, joined together to point the finger at the nation's couch potatoes. You're not just lazy, they said from a podium in Washington, you're causing an "epidemic of physical inactivity" in America. A quarter of the adult population is still downright sedentary and another third is barely active, said the scientists -- and they knew exactly of whom they were speaking. "These are the ones who circle the parking...
...response, orchestras are busy innovating. The New York Philharmonic, invigorated under the new leadership of managing director Deborah Borda and conductor Kurt Masur, recently instituted a series of informal Rush Hour Concerts, which begin at 6:45 p.m. and feature off-the-cuff commentary from the podium before each piece. The New York musicians also open up the stage to local schoolchildren, encouraging them to try out the instruments, as do players in Baltimore and elsewhere. "It is wonderful to interact with the kids and to see my colleagues do something from the heart," says Baltimore flutist Mark Sparks...
Rudenstine, who stood to shake Powell's hand as the general stepped away from the podium, said the remarks were perfect for the occasion. "I think he took it on well," Rudenstine said. "I expected him to, because he's a forthright person of real integrity and real feeling who works for change...
Powell stood up immediately following Bhattacharya's speech to shake her hand as she stepped away from the podium...