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When I was shopping for a cell phone a few months ago - an activity rife with commitment fears and much based on unscientific polling of friends and colleagues - the Radio Shack salesperson was pushing hard for a company called Verizon...
...song is rife with explicit references to sex and drugs...
MIGHTY MITES Ever wonder who's really in bed with you? Government researchers did. After collecting dust samples from beds in 800 homes, they declared U.S. bedding to be rife with dust mites--and their excrement. Droppings are estimated to exceed 2 mg per gram of dust, a level known to trigger allergies, in 44 million homes. In half of these, they're fivefold higher, a significant danger for asthma sufferers. What to do? Keep room humidity low (mites love moisture), wash linens in hot water and zip up duvets and pillows in impermeable, allergen-proof covers. Alas, these measures...
...credit-card industry seized on a sharp increase in bankruptcy filings in 1996 and 1997 to mount an intensive lobbying campaign for legislation that would make it easier to collect from borrowers who file for bankruptcy. A sophisticated public-relations blitz created the image of a bankruptcy system rife with abuse and in need of reform. That campaign told of rich people walking away from their debts, courtesy of bankruptcy court. It told of responsible families who paid their bills being forced to pick up the costs of more affluent Americans and others who were bilking the system...
...Department to crack down on discriminatory practices. And there's reason to think politicians will listen: After years of celebrating declining crime rates, the public is now asking why the U.S. prison population has just passed 2 million for the first time, and why America's police departments are rife with scandals. The new report only adds to the emerging sense that in delivering justice, the ends do not always justify the means...