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...cell-phone shopper who walks into one of the 120 Metrocall stores across the U.S. these days should be ready for a shock. The clerk, instead of delivering a hard sell, will whip out a one-page health-and-safety bulletin that warns of the possible dangers of using a cell phone. The leaflet cautions parents who want phones for their children to consider pagers instead, to avoid exposing the youngsters to any risks. "We try not to take sides in the argument about cell-phone safety," says Mike Scanlon, Metrocall's senior vice president for marketing. "But at least...
They can breathe easier now. In contrast to the more conservative gatekeepers at Merriam-Webster and The Oxford English Dictionary, the editors at American Heritage practice a linguistic open-door policy. Give us your "shock jocks," your "scuzzbuckets," they say. Give us your "digerati" yearning to "multitask." "People look at the dictionary as a normalizing thing," says executive editor Joseph Pickett. "It helps to give the word codified status." Not all words, thankfully. Take "stalkerazzi," which gained currency after Lady Diana's death. The term was considered for the dictionary but couldn't produce convincing credentials. Maybe it lost...
...TIME :How do you explain that your brother Raul managed to stash away $150 million dollars in overseas accounts? SALINAS:; It came as a surprise to me. The way he did that accumulation came as a shock. And it really irritated...
...Martin: No. Because it was in the honing of it that I was getting the enjoyment ? also the shock of my life that what one thinks is a coherent sentence isn?t. But it was worth it, because I wanted every sentence to satisfy me. Is that arrogant? (Pause.) No, it?s just relevant...
...decision did not shock HPT leaders...