PEOPLE |
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Clinton
Offered $2 Million by
Chinese Company
His ads for Boxer
Rebellion line of
underwear would run in
Asia and Europe. |
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ENTERTAINMENT |
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CBS Drops Michael Jackson
Holiday Special
It will air instead on Showtime. |
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TV: Holiday Broadcast of
Heidi Cut Short
NBC angers viewers by switching to
Oakland-New York football game. |
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BUSINESS |
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New Tough Cop at SEC Slaps
Harsh Penalties on Mutual Fund Criminals
Donaldson says Putnam execs will
never play bridge at the Yale Club
again. |
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ADVERTISING |
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Major Ad
Blitz Launched to
Humanize War
Public service spots
feature pretty gals,
cheery music, and nuclear
warheads. |
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SCIENCE |
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Harvard Study: Test May Be
Possible To Detect False Memories
First to be tested: Harvard historians. |
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New Species of Whale
Discovered in Japan
Rorqual whales range in length from 26 to
92 feet, and are quite tasty. |
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SPECIAL FEATURE |
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VOCABULARY
BUILDER
A tariff
is an unfair obstacle to
free trade in which a
poor nation slaps extra
charges on imports from a
rich nation so the poor
nation's citizens can
sell their own products
at home.
A subsidy
is a reasonable payment
from a rich nation to
powerful business
interests so they can
undersell products made
by the poor nation's
citizens in the poor
nation. |
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INTERNET |
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Online Dating Helping Other
Businesses
Great Dates, a fig and date importer,
reports 400% increase in its online
sales. |
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Spam Really Works, Say
Spammers
They point to the millions of enlarged
penises around the world. |
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