Word: sells
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Leach does side with Rosemond on one point: Brazelton's affiliation with Pampers, which is pushing a supersize disposable diaper for children 35 lbs. or larger, stinks. Is Brazelton's pediatric judgment being influenced by Pampers' desire to sell more diapers? It certainly might be taken that way, even though Leach and Rosemond acknowledge that Brazelton was giving the same advice long before he and Pampers hooked up. "I agree there's a danger," admits Brazelton. "But I honestly believe in what the company does...
...says Barker. For him it has been a lot more than one thing. In 1987 he lost half his herd of 100 Holsteins to a blood disease; four years later, after years of struggling to get loans for feed and basic upkeep of the farm, he had to sell the remaining cows and give up on dairy farming. For a time, Barker grew and sold tobacco to keep the farm and support his family. Even when he lost most of his acreage after the government and other creditors finally forced him into bankruptcy two years ago, he bounced back--putting...
...people who sell the hot dogs at the games, for example...those people could not afford the lockout while the players and owners easily could," he says...
...sell hoopla only so much," he says. "The game has to be something regarded as special. It looses mystique when the players and owners seem so concerned with their personal wealth...
...language that go better together? I think not (especially if you exclude "tongue sandwich"). That's why last week found me happy as a Teletubby on tequila, at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The big news there was that virtually every audio-video manufacturer is selling, or about to sell, an affordable DVD, or "digital versatile disc," player, which will play music as well as movies with a vividness and clarity far greater than that of VCRs playing videotape...