Word: reasonings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There is something rotten in the state of Harvard Square. Perhaps you've noticed the gigantic pictures of "men's wrestling" that suddenly appeared this fall. Or those eerily good-looking people who stand holding doors open for no apparent reason. Or maybe you've noticed that this fall the Square took a step towards homogeneity. The evidence is conclusive--Abercrombie & Fitch, no longer content with suburban malls, has jutted itself into Harvard Square...
...Senior Games. Perhaps they don't want to smudge the public memory of their heroic youth. Phil Mulkey, 66, is an exception--a former Olympian who will compete in the Games who has an additional explanation for the absence of other stars of long ago. "Part of the reason may be that they are just worn out," he says. The ordeals of a young superathlete's training and competition have an aftermath. "I can tell you that my bones, my joints, my muscles hurt," says Mulkey...
Rosenthal says one reason other schools don't run similar surveys is that they are expensive. He speculates, also, that they may be afraid of getting less-than-stellar results...
...court to keep you in line. The latest defendant in the German war against "unfair competition" is Wisconsin-based clothier Lands? End. The charge? That Lands? End?s unlimited money-back guarantee ? inviting consumers to return any of the company?s products, at any time, for any reason ? is illegal under German laws purported to protect consumers from companies that distort their prices with offers of freebies. In this case, says TIME Berlin correspondent Charles Wallace, "an unlimited guarantee is a gift of something of value unconnected to the product. This sort of ?giveaway? is outlawed in Germany because...
...cost of the shots. "Finances are not really an issue in the case of immunizations, although they certainly used to be," says TIME medical contributor Dr. Ian Smith. "Today, there are so many free clinics available, virtually every person has access to basic care." The major reasons that some children are not getting the inoculations they need are twofold, says Dr. Smith: "First, in spite of all the public programs available today, some parents still lack basic awareness about the importance of immunization, and may not understand the scheduling that each shot requires." The second reason, says Dr. Smith...