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To: BigKNY3 who wrote (7081)	2/23/1999 9:58:00 PM
From: BigKNY3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9523

PaineWebber's Farrell Likes Growth Stks In Uncertain Mkt NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Because she views the current market as uncertain, PaineWebber Inc.'s chief strategist Mary Farrell favors high-quality growth stocks to diamond-in-the-rough small-capitalization stocks. In a CNBC interview Tuesday, Farrell said equities still offer the best long-term investment, but she nonetheless foresees "a little backtracking" in the broader stock market as interest rates move higher. Farrell likes big-name technology companies. "Growth is going to be a tough commodity to come by (in 1999) and the technologies are delivering," she said. "That's why investors want to own them." Specifically, she mentioned International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Compaq Computer Corp. (CPQ) and Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW). She also recommended drug companies Pfizer Inc. (PFE), Warner-Lambert Co. (WLA) and Schering-Plough Corp. (SGP) and retailers Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) and Gap Inc. (GPS). Farrell said she would avoid the stocks of heavy-industry companies, including steel and aluminum makers.

To: BigKNY3 who wrote (7081)	2/23/1999 11:41:00 PM
From: Anthony Wong	Respond to of 9523

Sex survey the real gender divide This is London 23 February 1999 by Jo Revill, Health Correspondent A new research study confirmed today what the world has suspected for centuries - sex problems are physical in men and psychological in women. The single biggest cause of an unsatisfactory love life is the poor quality of the relationship they have with their partner, women reported in a survey of 2,000 British adults. Men, however, see things very differently. Impotence and premature ejaculation, both age-related conditions, are the two factors upon which they pin most of the blame for their sexual problems. The study, based on confidential responses to a survey of patients from four family-doctor practices in England, found that one-third of men and 40 per cent of the women reported difficulties. The main difference was that women were five times more likely to be unable to enjoy sex if they were having marital difficulties. Men, however, saw no link between a difficult relationship with their partner and problems in bed. Professor Peter Croft, from Keele University's department of epidemiology, said: "Whether you see this as a difference in perception between the sexes or a difference in reality, there does seem to be this variation. The impact of a difficult relationship appears to be much higher in women. One of the reasons is that in men, there is this effect of erectile dysfunction which makes them see it as a physical rather than emotional problem." Professor Croft said that while the publicity over the anti-impotence drug Viagra deflected attention from psychological causes, it might prompt people to go to their doctors more. "Only a very small proportion of those experiencing sexual problems ever go to a GP. The great majority of those who responded to the survey had not consulted a doctor about it." The study, which involved men and women aged between 18 and 75, showed that although the number of physical problems increased with age, the importance of sex did not. "There was remarkably little difference in attitudes, given the span of ages," remarked Professor Croft, whose work is published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. "Even at 70, sex still matters. The frequency of problems and the impact that it has on everyday life and one's general mental state persists into later years." The researchers found that premenstrual tension, abnormal cervical smears and hysterectomies were not associated with sexual problems. © Associated Newspapers Ltd., 23 February 1999 thisislondon.co.uk