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...nearby all-night mini-convenience store attached to a Mobil station. The clerks, who pay attention to late-night customers out of fear they might be robbed, remember that he was dressed in a black pullover sweater with white trim and black slacks and purchased soda and a snack. "He was grinning from ear to ear," says Stephen Newcomb. "He was very up, very bubbly and very friendly, but very weird." As Stuart left the store, he turned, still smiling, and asked if the store was open all night. The attendants answered yes. "O.K.," Stuart answered. "I might...
...Hollywood's establishment. Dawn Steel, the current film chief, has had mixed results during her brief tenure, and her future is uncertain. Coke plans to plow its $1.2 billion profit on the sale into the soft-drink business, giving up on the large screen and moving back behind the snack counter...
...Ocean Spray, based in Plymouth, Mass., believes the growers' fuss is fruitless. It says there will be no confusion between the two products, since labels will read CRAISIN DRIED CRANBERRIES. Craisins will be sold as a snack and as an ingredient in other foods. They can also be found next month in a new Ralston Purina breakfast cereal. But the real question is, Can they sing...
What Ronald Reagan did for jellybeans during his tenure in the White House, George Bush may do for pork rinds. A presidential predilection for the crunchy puffs of pigskin is bringing fresh popularity to what was previously regarded as a regional delicacy of the South. The snack is made by cooking small pieces of pigskin and dunking the shrunken pellets in fat heated to 400 degrees F. At that point they explode like popcorn...
Doctors emphasize that drugs should be a last, not a first, resort. Minor interventions, such as moving a child to the front row in class or allowing him more time to complete tasks, can lead to improvement. Rewards -- extra television or a favorite snack -- can help reinforce good behavior. And psychological therapy can bolster a child's flagging self-esteem and address social problems, like a lack of friends, that contribute to his distress. Only when these remedies fail should parents try medication on their overly active youngsters...