Show biz shopping
Article Abstract:
Several retailers use popular celebrities and feature sophisticated in-store entertainment systems and facilities to attract consumers. Retailers and consumers report that shopping has become a fulfilling form of entertainment that incorporates consumerism, diversion and art.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1995
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No exit here
Article Abstract:
Female suicide has become an alarming problem in developing nations such as China and Pakistan. Social workers and doctors in these countries have worked to reverse the phenomenon but their efforts continue to prove futile because of a lack of community support and resources.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1999
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Kids in the cuckoo's nest
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Increasing numbers of troublesome teenagers are being committed into the psychiatric wards of hospitals. Most hospitals take undue advantage of parents' feelings of helplessness and mislead them regarding the needs of their children.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1992
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