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...Gloria holds her nose as her head is dunked underwater. "Our sister has risen from the grave of old ways!" exclaims Les Schulz from the stage. But no sooner than a lone hallelujah is heard, Gloria is whisked backstage in a white dressing gown, to emerge through a side door a few minutes later wearing a smart gray suit. Tears spill down her cheeks. "I've prayed all week that the Lord would give me strength, and he has," she tells the congregation. "I feel like a new lady...
...however, seem to have stood by Stewart. Passikoff explains that, while Stewart's image may have been important in marketing the magazine, it isn't essential to sell a rug or a pie plate. In fact, sales of Martha Stewart--brand sheets, towels and dishes through K Mart have risen 6.5% since Stewart's conviction, according to a report by Bear Stearns...
...study, published in the spring 2004 issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, found that recent numbers point to a downward shift in the proportion of women retaining their own surnames—breaking a three-decade-long trend in which that proportion had risen...
...contracting HIV. A majority of sex workers, about 60%, reported inconsistent condom use. Since they have begun collecting data, says Lu, there has been a 25% to 30% increase in HIV cases among IV drug users in the province. The incidence of HIV infection among sex workers has also risen steadily...
...rules at their own pace. The deadline was July 1 for industrial users - although most E.U. nations missed it - and 2007 for households. Peter Claes, president of the International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers in Geneva, points out that liberalization has so far accomplished very little; electricity prices have risen 35-50% in the last year despite it. Yes, production costs have risen - the price of coal has doubled - but Claes points to a lack of competition. "An oligopoly of five big companies controls the market in Germany, France and the Benelux countries," he says, adding that a lack...