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...body. "I used to look like Sylvester Stallone. People stared," clucks actress Sonia Braga, who's now keeping company with Pilates devotees like Madonna, Vanessa Williams and Sharon Stone. "What Pilates does is strengthen and elongate." Practitioners claim they double-cross genetics, getting fabulous bodies and feeling better with whiz-bang workouts that fit their hectic schedules. The number of Pilates studios has grown from just five worldwide in 1976 to 500 in the U.S. alone today; businesses that make the equipment report exponential growth in sales. Major gym chains have begun offering the floor-exercise portion of the method...
Five years ago, an eco-activist and self-taught electronics whiz named Stephen Dunifer founded Free Radio Berkeley, trekking up into the hills behind the city and transmitting out of his backpack one night a week with home-built equipment. Soon, with the help of volunteers, Dunifer, 46, was selling kits around the country, enabling anyone who could raise a few hundred dollars to launch a station with a transmitter powered by fewer watts than a light bulb, often covering a radius of only a few miles. Dunifer co-edited a book, Seizing the Airwaves, and mounted...
...signal ever missed. It was spring 1996, and, yes, the stock market has been levitating since then. Sometimes sell signals are early. The first book was by David and Tom Gardner, a brother act in jester hats with the catchy title of Motley Fool Investment Guide. The second, The Whiz Kid of Wall Street's Investment Guide, was by Matt Seto, 17. The third was the now infamous debut, Beardstown Ladies' Common-Sense Investment Guide, by a 14-member investment club from Beardstown, Ill., a lovable but math-challenged gaggle of stock-picking grandmas...
Maximus stands out because its $127 million in annual revenue makes it the nation's largest company specializing in welfare work. Mastran, an Air Force veteran and former Pentagon "whiz kid," got his start managing contracts and grants for the Department of Health and Human Services. He began working alone out of his home and in 22 years managed to build a company that has 1,600 employees in 34 offices nationwide. When Maximus went public this summer, analysts rushed to rate the company a "buy," and the stock is already up almost 50%. But the outlook for private welfare...
...breakin' my heart, you're shakin' my confidence, baby. Hey whiz-kids, next time lock the green room...