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...dogs. Cats too. A growing number of nutrition-minded pet owners have started watching what they feed their furry friends. Worried that Fido has heart trouble? Serve him low- cholesterol biscuits baked by Lick Your Chops of Westport, Conn. Is Kitty overweight? Try a high-fiber, low-fat regimen from Hill's Pet Products of Topeka, Kans. At long last, people who buy fresh pasta and wheat germ no longer have to settle for plain old puppy chow...
...easily as a butterfly casts off its chrysalis. Her secret? Last week the talk-show empress revealed it was Optifast, a liquid-diet program from Minneapolis-based Sandoz Nutrition. In the hours after Winfrey's program, Sandoz fielded more than 200,000 phone inquiries about its crash-diet regimen...
There is something a bit smarmy about Reeboks even without the agressively hip ad campaign. Maybe it started when celebrities like Cybill Shepherd started wearing them with formal wear. Granted, they are better for your feet, but people who make a show of their health regimen invariably seem self-involved. The wearing of the shoe becomes an emblem, a statement...
...mainframe computers that do much of the most vital information processing in the U.S. remain relatively unscathed. "With mainframes, we've got a whole regimen of quality control and data integrity that we use," says Bill Wright, a spokesman for EDS. But with the rapid spread of PC-to-mainframe linkups, that safety could be compromised. "If the same sorts of standards aren't applied soon to the PC environment," says Wright, "it's going to be a real problem for the whole industry...
When not locked in fierce competition, Dobre and Silivas are pals who share a passion for pop music and food treats. Dobre has a weakness for ice cream; Silivas' tastes run to schnitzel and fries. As the strict training regimen expressly forbids the distraction of boyfriends, they liven their evenings with goose-feather pillow fights and what Head Coach Adrian Goreac cheerfully calls "talk, talk, talk." They are avid readers of adventure books. Dobre, a mischief-maker who collects dolls, favors fictional heroes who "fight all obstacles to reach their aims." Silivas, a quiet and intelligent girl, prefers a stately...