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Several dozen "smart bars" have opened around the country, replacing beer and margaritas with Memory Fuel, Fast Blast and Mind Mix -- amino-acid cocktails that, as one user sees it, "help restore the power edge that people lose as they get older." Smart stuff is also the drug of choice at "raves" -- '60s-style happenings now popular on the West Coast. But despite the mounting enthusiasm, many scientists say the only thing smart about these substances is the way they've been marketed. "Smart drugs," asserts Dr. James McGaugh, director of the center for the neurobiology of learning and memory...
Essential to creating an increased demand forthe network will be making it as user-friendly aspossible, says Steen...
VISITORS TO MOSCOW this summer need not worry about finding their way around. From Northern Cartographic in Burlington, Vt., comes this user-friendly tourist map that identifies all rechristened streets and landmarks. It even , directs homesick junk foodies to McDonald's. Where did such meticulous accuracy come from? From "redrawn" CIA maps...
...made to the 700 number. Better still, it's possible to limit 700 calls to those who get a secret password from the subscriber (in this case, it's the recipient who gets billed, not the caller). Unfortunately, the new service retains one drawback of call forwarding: if the user forgets to cancel a phone's programming, the 700 calls will keep ringing long after he or she has moved...
Ever suspicious of regulatory red tape, conservatives might object to user fees and certification requirements as unwarranted intrusions into the pocketbooks and lives of Harvard students, the latest steps down the path of administrative micromanagement that began with randomization...