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...Lipitor not only lowered those levels more than Pravachol did (to 79 vs. 110), but it also had a measurable effect on the buildup of plaque in patients' arteries. Pravachol merely slowed the progression of those fatty deposits, whereas Lipitor stopped them cold--and may have even shrunk them...
...cover of the old vinyl album. The image, of an almost human man conjuring the universe against a dark lunar landscape, fit the music perfectly, or at least complemented it well. I was distinctly disappointed a few years later when I bought my own copy on CD: the cover, shrunk to CD size, looked tacky and painfully dated...
With the shift to electronic music distribution, album art has suffered yet another indignity. If it is attached to songs at all, it is shrunk even further, stuck in one corner of your computer screen. If you listen to music on your iPod or other digital device, you don’t even have that option, though the art may still take up precious space...
...Communications filed for bankruptcy. Then in August a launch disaster in Brazil killed 21 technicians and jeopardized that country's program. "Unquestionably, the commercial-satellite market is depressed right now," says Chris Mecray, an analyst at Deutsche Bank. From 1996 to 1998, satellite sales grew 49.4%, but they have shrunk 2.4% in the past four years. Worse, hurt by the telecom bust and tough export rules, U.S. market share has plummeted from 64% in 1998 to 36% in 2002. How long will the industry be lost in space? Says Mecray: "It's fair to say that there's no rebound...
...Montana?s tax base also has shrunk, which has forced deep cuts in education, health and welfare programs. And the biggest blow for Martz came from what ended up being an ill-advised utility deregulation approved by her predecessor, Gov. Marc Racicot, who went on to chair the Republican National Committee, then Bush?s reelection committee. Before deregulation, the state?s residents enjoyed the nation?s fifth lowest utility rates from Montana Power Company. But then the unregulated company sold off its generation and transmission equipment and plowed the $2 billion in profits into a telecom subsidiary that went bankrupt...