Price tried to fulfill nearly ever customer request (even for scents that didn't exist), leading to a bloated inventory of more than 1,000 products, many in expensive glass jars that sometimes broke en route to stores.
In the leafy suburbs, I am pursued by the "worried well"; requesting ever more screening, demanding the latest "breakthrough" treatment, attentively listening to advice on medications and lifestyle, and presenting requests for prescription repeats well ahead of time.
February was the iPlayer's best month ever for requests to TV programmes, with an average of 8.6m a day.
President Clinton's budget request this year includes the largest increase ever for Indian education, economic and social programs -- $1.2 billion -- which would put it at $9.4 billion in 2001.
The new project--the largest single chunk of money ever for autism research--comes after a request from Congress.
Either way, history will probably judge him not on the war in Iraq but on the one in Afghanistan whose outcome, amid requests for ever more reinforcements, is far from certain.
"This will be the saddest Christmas ever for me," a Malaysian expatriate resident told AFP, requesting not to be named for fear of reprisals from authorities.
Mr. McGinniss has been swarmed with requests for television interviews, and his publisher is more eager than ever for the book.
In 2008, insurance funds spent the highest amount ever for primary prevention: almost €340 million, which is equal to €4.83 per insurant, i.e., well above the requested amount of €2.74 for prevention per person and year.
"The strangest request I ever got was to balance a high-heel shoe on my head for 30 seconds.
