Word: softener
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...heal their headaches or tame their tummies. In fact, most scientists won't even consider searching for a hangover cure for fear of what might happen if they succeed. But there are a few things you can do--and one or two things you should absolutely avoid--to soften the worst effects of too much alcohol...
...USDA ready for an Oprah-style trial, deep in the cattle-raising heart of Texas? They'd better be. According to a recent Associated Press report, head honchos at the Agriculture Department want to soften long-standing restrictions on soy as a meat replacement. The agency proposed using soy as an alternative to some of the meats in school lunch menus. American school refectories, which depend heavily on pork, poultry and beef, have been hard-pressed to meet government limits for fat content in lunches, even as school-age children gain weight at a record pace. Predictably, ranchers, chicken...
...meantime, homeless advocates hope the hard-line attitudes will start to soften. When a lawyer representing New York City pleaded with a judge for a resolution of the work-for-shelter issue by Dec. 22, Justice Elliott Wilk demurred: "I don't think you really have to implement this for Christmas." The question is whether that holiday spirit will last beyond the New Year...
Pecker, 48, a hard-driving executive, began by spending $5 million to redesign the Enquirer and the Star. He set out to soften stories with a harder edge and to reposition the tabloids as rivals, for both readers and advertisers, of mainstream publications like People (which, like Time, is published by Time Inc.). Casual headline scanners in grocery check-out lines may not have noticed the difference yet, but Pecker claims it exists. "If there's a Hollywood scandal, the investigative portion will be done by the National Enquirer. The impact on celebrities, on their careers, that will be done...
...have been used since the 1970s to treat birthmarks, port-wine stains and other blemishes. Doctors now believe these lasers work better in children than in adults, but they can help diminish unsightly scars and red stretch marks left over from childbirth or breast surgery. Lasers can also soften acne scars, though removing the scars altogether is difficult. Green-light lasers are effective at zapping broken blood vessels and spider veins on the face, hands and neck. But the process can be painful--just ask tough guy Mark Anfangar, 44, vice president of a Los Angeles party-equipment-rental company...