Short Cuts - Tips for Work, Home and Life 8-1-1998

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August 1998 Short Cuts - Tips for Work, Home and Life
EDITED BY LOREN G. EDELSTEIN
Now You See It
Corporate Houdinis work their magic on the trade show floor, at cocktail parties and in seminar rooms.....Q&A

Managed Care Blues
"You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Blue Shield" is on the quirky song list of the Managed Care Blues Band, a team of moonlighting doctors that plays at medical conferences.

Health Beat: Bad Ingredients
Read the labels, and avoid foods with any of these additives.

Fast Forward: Skytron Lightweight Multimedia Tri-Screen
This giant screen adds a focal point to the show floor - and a good opportunity to sell ad space to exhibitors.

For the Bookshelf
We review Good Company by Hal F. Rosenbluth and Diane McFerrin Peters, and 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work by Dave Hemsath and Leslie Yerkes.

Web Sites We Like
We surf International Currency Express, ResortSource and WeatherPlanner.

Etc.
Closet space at the Pan Pacific San Francisco. Minimum wage hike means restaurant woes.