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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...because of the potential for abuse and, more to the point, the traditionally seedy associations that cling to impotence remedies (witness the ads in the back of low-rent men's magazines for spurious Spanish fly, hard-on creams and the like) that drug companies have only recently turned their attention to sexual dysfunction. This would account for the tone adopted by Pfizer chairman and CEO William Steere even as he figuratively licks his chops over the potential market in "aging baby boomers." He is careful to point out that "quality-of-life drugs are gene-based just like those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Viagra Craze | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

...unemployed single mother of five, finds herself the target of the Illinois attorney general's office over her handling of $310,000 she collected on the girl's behalf. According to depositions taken in connection with the investigation, Reed spent more than $50,000 for personal use, including rent, utility bills, a computer, babysitters for her children and payments to friends and family. Authorities contend that only about $1,400 has gone to Girl X or her family. The girl, who is blind, cannot speak and uses a wheelchair, lives in a state-run residence; Medicaid covers most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chicago | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

...what does the adult Barnaby do for a living? Why, he goes into people's houses as an 11-year employee of Rent-a-Back, a Baltimore firm that performs, for a fee, household chores that are impossible for the elderly or infirm. And sure enough, one of his clients eventually accuses him of stealing $2,960 in cash stashed in a flour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Well-Meaning Misfit | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...during the actual summit program. Another good find in Bellingham: Whatcom Falls Park, with its incredible waterfalls, hiking trails, children's fishing pond and fish hatchery. Also fun for the family is Lake Samish Park, which encompasses 39 acres of unspoiled shoreline and is the perfect place to rent paddleboats for an afternoon row. Those with a more adventurous spirit might try one of Alpine Adventures' rafting trips, on Upper Skagit River in North Cascades National Park. The 14-mile white-water trip features plenty of mountain scenery and waterfowl, not to mention some fairly challenging rapids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Easy To Be Green | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...unemployed single mother of five, finds herself the target of the Illinois attorney general's office over her handling of $310,000 she collected on the girl's behalf. According to depositions taken in connection with the investigation, Reed spent more than $50,000 for personal use, including rent, utility bills, a computer, babysitters for her children and payments to friends and family. Authorities contend that only about $1,400 has gone to Girl X or her family. The girl, who is blind, cannot speak and uses a wheelchair, lives in a state-run residence; Medicaid covers most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Money for Girl X | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

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