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Mollie Sugden, 86, was already a familiar face on British television, but her role as salesclerk Betty Slocombe on the 1970s BBC comedy Are You Being Served? made her a star in the U.K. In the '90s, she gained popularity in the U.S. when reruns aired...
...ingredients is pseudoephedrine, widely used in backyard labs to make methamphetamine. Several states had already ordered pseudoephedrine off pharmacy shelves, but in October the Federal Government expanded those rules and put them into effect across the country. Now allergy suffers looking for relief have to ask a pharmacist or salesclerk for their Sudafed, show photo ID and sign a logbook. Unfortunately, the most common alternative, phenylephrine, isn't as effective...
...fall allergy season brings a new headache this year. Starting this week, allergy sufferers who want to treat their stuffy noses with pseudoephedrine (an active ingredient in Sudafed and similar over-the-counter remedies) will have to go to a pharmacist or salesclerk, show photo identification and sign a logbook recording their name and street address. The national rule, which echoes restrictions found in several states, is supposed to make it tougher for criminals to manufacture the illegal drug methamphetamine using packets of pseudoephedrine as its raw material. Allergy sufferers who don't want to go through the extra trouble...
...Buchanan and Geneva Arms Negotiator Edward Rowny were chauffeured to a popular gift shop, where they snapped up T shirts, scarves and assorted postcards. The ursine Buchanan also purchased a $300 porcelain polar bear for his wife. At the cash register, Rowny playfully solicited a discount by telling the salesclerk, "We can bargain in Russian." He wound up with 10% off, leading some observers to note wryly that the hard-line U.S. negotiator had settled for less than many White House aides, who successfully haggled for as much as 20%. Some shrewd Icelanders showed their capitalistic acumen in another realm...
...city would be gutted if he left." GEMMA EDWARDS, 20, salesclerk in downtown Manchester, England, on the Manchester United soccer team's offer to trade David Beckham to Barcelona for a $50 million transfer...