Stories Collection

  1. With drug prices being a hot politicial issue, Consumer Alert reminded consumers in O...
  2. The federal government increasingly is taking over more and more aspects of the trans...
  3. October: Policy Analyst James Plummer was quoted in an Oct. 7 Washington Times stor...
  4. Consumer Alert joined with 11 other organizations in filing an amicus curiae brief wi...
  5. In her presentation on "Consumer Activists: Modus Operandi" to the Calorie ...
  6. The problem of childhood obesity has no quick fix and the solutions are multifaceted-...
  7. UNDER KILIMANJARO has an unusual publishing history that relates integrally both to t...
  8. September Results The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index, which had decl...
  9. August Results The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index, which had been on...
  10. July Results The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index, which increased sha...
  11. Consumer Confidence by Region Seasonally unadjusted Index numbers: ...
  12. November Results The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index, which had increas...
  13. Consumer Confidence and Buying Plans Based on surveys conducted by NFO Research, Inc...
  14. "The promoter had an odor like a day old floater And a pencil with a pad of blue" ...
  15. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will require automakers to inform ...
  16. Mazda plans a voluntary recall of all 2004 and 2005 RX-8 sports cars along with some ...
  17. Mazda plans a voluntary recall of all 2004 and 2005 RX-8 sports cars along with some ...
  18. You can smoke it, chew it, sniff it, even breath it as second-hand smoke and tobacco ...
  19. Following Dell's massive battery recall last week, mobile device designers are beginn...
  20. Cigarette smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke caused 438,000 premature deaths in th...
  21. How accurate is the popular PSA test in detecting prostate cancer? There's no simple ...
  22. Over the past 20 years, changes in the price of crude oil have led to 85 percent of t...
  23. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said DHL – one of the world’s lar...
  24. Although we often get breaks from the summer heat, it’s important to know that ...
  25. The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) is requesting a formal invest...
  26. Charity Navigator.org and MinistryWatch.com are two leaders in a new group of Web-bas...
  27. Some readers of Consumers' Research have expressed interest in the subject of bioengi...
  28. Many of us will be hearing about, and perhaps offered, a new kind of health plan in t...
  29. THE POWER TO CONTROL TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS is not just a power reserved for law enfor...
  30. We've all heard the story: Benjamin Franklin, lamenting the approval of the bald eagl...
  31. November Releases Noted The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Special Edition) (...
  32. IT WAS SOMEWHAT ANTICLIMACTIC IN THE BEGINNING. I remember the day that a small padde...
  33. Drug use in the context of dance clubs and "raves," often referred to as club culture...
  34. For decades, restrictive and universal measures have dominated alcohol policies in Sw...
  35. The consumption of psychoactive substances takes place in a defined political, organi...
  36. Circles of Recovery: Self-Help Organizations for Addictions, by Keith Humphreys (Camb...
  37. One issue that has long interested drug ethnographers is how to conceptualize the soc...
  38. The question as to whether alcohol does or does not cause violence has been the subje...
  39. THE doctrinal tradition of Realism has dominated the discipline of International Rela...
  40. The Little Red Book of New Labour Sleaze (Politico's Media, 176 pages, [pounds sterli...
  41. THE Courtauld Gallery's opulent set of oil sketches by Giambattista Tiepolo, until re...
  42. IN recent years it has become fashionable in Britain for politicians and writers to a...
  43. Introduction The inability of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to broker a multila...
  44. Introduction Changes since 1998 have certainly transformed Indonesia's political lif...
  45. Introduction The Greater Mekong Subregional Economic Zone (GMS), so-called "hexago...
  46. Introduction Despite appearances to the contrary, the outlook for political transi...
  47. Introduction On 5 April 2004 Indonesia held its second democratic general election i...
  48. Introduction Since the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Co...
  49. 00-00-0000 Trends in HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students-S...
  50. 00-00-0000 Defining a Community Lesbian Review of Books, 06-01-1999 Living Chic...
  51. 00-00-0000 Open to New Possibilities Lesbian Review of Books, 06-01-1999 Marrie...
  52. 00-00-0000 What Do We Really Need to Know? Lesbian Review of Books, 06-01-1999 ...
  53. 00-00-0000 Relationships With Places Lesbian Review of Books, 06-01-1999 Lesbia...
  54. 00-00-0000 Gender Bending, Japanese Style Lesbian Review of Books, 06-01-1999 T...
  55. AN EMBLEMATIC MOMENT IN IN OUR TIME occurs in the first paragraph of that strange pre...
  56. Hace 27 años el defeño Juan José Múzquiz Rodríguez --hoy de ...
  57. Para Rodrigo Menéndez Álvarez la vida ha sido, casi literalmente, como un c...
  58. La mañana del 2 de junio de 1764 en la catedral de Ajaccio tuvo lugar la boda m&...
  59. Para algunos este año pasó muy rápido; para otros y especialmente los ...
  60. Una tarde de mayo pasado, a las 7 y 3 minutos, con el motor de su lancha a toda poten...
  61. Para algunos aprender "de oído" a tocar un instrumento es mero pasatiempo, mas p...
  62. The A's hadn't lost a one-run game since Aug. 1 so it's news when things don't play o...
  63. Firing off the latest volley in the Bay Area's battle of the suburbs, Antioch Mayor D...
  64. Former 49ers running back Kevan Barlow lashed out at coach Mike Nolan and the directi...
  65. Two years after sweeping reforms of workers' compensation in California, a growing nu...
  66. As the California High School Exit Exam becomes more inevitable, a slightly increasin...
  67. For Linda Sanchez, homework was a necessary evil that she managed to fit in between t...
  68. Belimo is proud to bring you a range of new developments in Characterized Control Va...
  69. ClimateTech 2005 brought leaders in climate and ozone protection together in Washing...
  70. The Linc Group (TLG) has appointed Michael Roppolo to the position of senior vice pr...
  71. Contracting Business and the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) have tea...
  72. Weil, Michael Contracting Business 07-01-2005 Radiant in the Rockies (Part 1) Byl...
  73. Rajecki, Ron Contracting Business 07-01-2005 Destination: Excellence Byline: Raje...
  74. Introduction Over the past six years, in the course of documenting the grammar of th...
  75. Introduction History of Nepal-Tibet relations can be traced from the ancient perio...
  76. Oxford: Berg. Maps, figures, glossary, appendices, bibliography and index, pp. 315. ...
  77. Manifestations of goddess circles within the Kathmandu Valley are manifold. Most infl...
  78. Introduction This report summarizes findings from a primary health care baseline stu...
  79. Introduction HIV/AIDS has become a prominent problem in the tiny South Asian count...
  80. Phoenix, AZ -- More than 800 users from 28 countries attended Honeywell Process Solu...
  81. CompactPCI/PXI industrial-grade PACs powered by NI LabVIEW * Widest range of in...
  82. Scalance W wireless LAN from Siemens Energy & Automation operates over three wir...
  83. Mercury 3000Si dual axis averager includes two 8.4-mm tall high-performance Mercury ...
  84. PVG612A Series of microelectronic relays (MER) is said to have as much as 40% more c...
  85. DriveWizard software v.6.0 provides greater capacity for remotely viewing, manipulat...
  86. Ernest cared far less than I about aesthetics. What he cared about was the action and...
  87. Most dog owners would associate the word "loyal" with their furry, four-le...
  88. Rick Hamilton had seen just about everything by the time he decided to the convenien...
  89. When VERC Enterprises (Duxbury, MA) first started offering restrooms, all the facili...
  90. The Faces of the SOI Name: Beth Home: South Roxana, IL Occupation: ...
  91. Rick Klyczek is what you'd call a NOCO "lifer." He started working for New...
  92. York, PA-based Rutter's has added industry automation veteran Bob Sleeper to its inf...
  93. Corn and soybean grower associations have been diligently working at creative ways to...
  94. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers are now pondering whether crop rota...
  95. Robert W. Greene, president of Servico Gin in Courtland, AL, confessed to being troub...
  96. After three years of rising fuel costs and falling cottonseed returns, many cotton gi...
  97. Extensive spray equipment experiments last summer in Ohio showed that three different...
  98. We noticed errors in the article “Alternative Corn Hybrid?,” page 14 of t...
  99. Restaurateurs seeking to maximize revenues should look carefully at how long their ta...
  100. A study of 243 employees of two different hospitality organizations compared the effe...
  101. Earlier this year, the Center for Hospitality Research (CHR), the publisher of the Co...
  102. The law is clear that hospitality operators must prevent and remedy sexual harassment...
  103. During the first six months of 2004, the lodging industry showed definite signs of re...
  104. The four key values that currently define the Hotel School's research and teaching ar...
  105. Introduction We were all affected by September Eleventh in different ways; some...
  106. At the anniversary of the attacks by al-Qae'da, it is clear that because of its galv...
  107. Introduction The immigration statutes authorize the Immigration and Naturaliza...
  108. Introduction International Human Rights Law, as expressed in the relevant inte...
  109. In Paul's passing, Cornell and the broader international law community have lost a m...
  110. Introduction The United Nations (UN) has always had an ambivalent relationship ...
  111. INTRODUCTION I. PIERCE V. SOCIETY OF SISTERS II. THE PURPOSES OF PUBLIC EDUCAT...
  112. INTRODUCTION I. HOME SCHOOLING: THE POWER TO IMPOSE SOCIAL ISOLATION ...
  113. INTRODUCTION I. THE RESPONSE TO PROFESSOR RUSH A. A BOOK BY, FOR, AND ABOU...
  114. INTRODUCTION I. IMPLICATIONS OF PIERCE FOR THE VOUCHER DEBATE II. RE...
  115. INTRODUCTION I. THE LITERARY IMAGINATION A. IDENTIFY WITH HUCK B...
  116. INTRODUCTION I. AN EMERGING TREND A. NEW YORK B. NORTH CAROLINA ...
  117. This Article argues that courts should use the doctrine of good faith in contract la...
  118. A fundamental transformation is taking place in the basic approach to regulating net...
  119. INTRODUCTION I. EYEWITNESS RELIABILITY II. IDENTIFICATION TESTIMONY: THE CON...
  120. INTRODUCTION I. THE CURRENT STATE OF ASBESTOS LITIGATION A. Asbestos Defenda...
  121. COMPLICATIONS: A SURGEON'S NOTES ON AN IMPERFECT SCIENCE. By Atul Gawande. New York:...
  122. THE MINER'S CANARY: ENLISTING RACE, RESISTING POWER, TRANSFORMING DEMOCRACY. By Lani...
  123. Albertson's, Inc. has elected to its board Kathi P. Seifert, former executive vice pr...
  124. Corporate governance reforms have been broadly accepted by senior business leaders wo...
  125. Board compensation grew 13 percent to nearly $176,000 in 2003, as leading corporation...
  126. GovernanceMetrics International, the corporate governance research and ratings agency...
  127. The funded status of benchmark pension plans improved in all markets except Brazil in...
  128. One example of CEO self-assurance revealed itself at Gillette. The company missed Wal...
  129. Factors affecting the growth, profitability and valuation of the apparel manufacturin...
  130. A few years ago an electric utility analyst wore a tee-shirt to a convention that had...
  131. Life Insurance Unit Providian Corp. of Louisville, KY has hired Goldman Sachs & Co. ...
  132. Metal fabricating companies are generally in the SIC #'s 3400 to 3499. These companie...
  133. Once you go to the Bakersfield Business Conference you will immediately know why Dan ...
  134. The Capital Goods industry has three sub industries: electrical equipment, heavy equi...
  135. To streamline small meetings purchasing, OnVantage has released a new product called ...
  136. I remember scoffing at a colleague a year ago when he suggested covering avian flu in...
  137. As Corporate Meetings & Incentives went to print, Meeting Professionals International...
  138. Created 20 years ago as the research arm of the Society of Incentive and Travel Execu...
  139. An Industry Beset by disasters over the past few years is an industry now roaring bac...
  140. Who knows a company better than its employees? That's the thinking behind Lights, Cam...
  141. Two advocacy groups, the Surfrider Foundation and Wetlands Alert, are planning to fil...
  142. The future for small business participation in Corps of Engineers contracts will rema...
  143. The Corps has completed its goal of designating a Lead District for each of the 18 st...
  144. CREAR PUSHES TRANSFORMATION: Brig. Gen. Robert Crear, commander of the Mississippi Va...
  145. Bahrampour v. Lampert, 356 F.3d 969 (9th Cir. 2004). A state prisoner sued prison of...
  146. Edwards v. Oberndorf, 309 F.Supp.2d 780 (E.D.Va. 2003). A driver arrested for drivin...
  147. Lawrence v. Virginia Dept. of Corrections, 308 F.Supp.2d 709 (E.D.Va. 2004). A state...
  148. Gonzalez v. O'Connell, 355 F.3d 1010 (7th Cir. 2004). An alien petitioned for habeas...
  149. Brown v. Mitchell, 308 F.Supp.2d 682 (E.D.Va. 2004). The administratrix of an inmate...
  150. Carmichael v. Richards, 307 F.Supp.2d 1014 (S.D.Ind.2004). A county jail prisoner wh...
  151. Amazing Audio and Video Effects Will Sharpen Your Conference Experience! At the Am...
  152. As executive director of the American Correctional Association. I have been fortunate...
  153. In 2004, America's "war on terrorism" clashed with the U.S. Constitution as the feder...
  154. Picture the following scenario: The local newspaper has a front-page story about Tom,...
  155. FEBRUARY Mental Health Issues. A tremendous amount of people in our nation's corre...
  156. Authors' Note: Points of view expressed in this article do not represent the official...
  157. Kao has launched a new "Oriena" brand by direct mail - The brand name "Oriena" is der...
  158. Kao has launched Alblanc(R), New Skin Care Brand - 16-Item Line-up of Basic Skincare ...
  159. Kao has launched new products from "Sofina Raycious" Base Make Series. Product Featur...
  160. Kao has introduced New Tooth Rinse (Liquid Tooth Cleaner) and Improved Toothpaste fro...
  161. Avon Products has introduced "Avon Color Fiesta" - a variety of colors of Avon Produc...
  162. Kose has launched 6 items (11 variations in total) from "ESPRIQUE" Base Make Brand to...
  163. How did Taxi Cosmetics come about? I have been in contract manufacturing for over 20...
  164. Ingredients that produce a demonstrable benefit for skin and hair produce sales resul...
  165. > DIARY DATES > 23-24 NOVEMBER 2004 Venue: Telford Int...
  166. Toiletries colossus Unilever could be on the cusp of considering a massive 33bn [poun...
  167. Estee Lauder has reported a 23 per cent leap in first quarter earnings, European sale...
  168. A $91.6m third quarter loss and a 7 per cent sales fall is ugly news for Revlon, the ...
  169. 1 large brown paper grocery beg 1/2 yard of satin fabric 1 square of craft store ...
  170. 4 Cups popcorn, opped 1/2cup peanurt M&M's 1/2lb brown sugar 3tbsp butter 2tb...
  171. A 50" X 16" piece of chenille-like fabric 1/2 yard of wool blend fringe in a contrast...
  172. 1 medium-size orange Nonstick cooking spray 2 cups sea salt, 1 cutp dried chamomi...
  173. 2 pieces o fdenim cut to 22" x 22" each (buy denim with a little stretch since it wil...
  174. 1 pack (that's 8 squares) of semisweet baking chocolate 1/4 cup butter 1 cup brow...
  175. Elementary school counselors consult with parents primarily to help them establish a ...
  176. When children experience emotional or behavior problems in school, school counselors ...
  177. The focus of this article is the extension of family systems concepts into the classr...
  178. The events of September 11, 2001, the War on Terrorism in Afghanistan, and the War to...
  179. The dual challenges of a growing elderly population and the rapid advances in technol...
  180. One of the most challenging assignments in professional practice is looking in the mi...
  181. Given the frontline role of community clergy in mental health care, this study examin...
  182. Despite increasing acknowledgment of the importance of addressing the spiritual dimen...
  183. This article provides an overview of ethical considerations related to counseling cli...
  184. This research expanded understanding of forgiveness by (a) distinguishing forgiveness...
  185. At the beginning of the 21st century, there seems to be a growing interest in the Isl...
  186. Religious faith is an important aspect of many people's lives, but the doctrinal teac...
  187. The authors describe a family counseling practicum that is based on cognitive-develop...
  188. The author details strategies for teaching a graduate-level counseling course in scho...
  189. The authors present results of a study of the effectiveness of the online submission ...
  190. A study of wellness among 263 graduate students in counseling revealed that counselin...
  191. A representative sample of counselor educators at U.S. universities were surveyed to ...
  192. As the number of children and adolescents who have or are affected by HIV disease inc...
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