Slim Jim launched a "man medicine" ad campaign last year, lampooning men whose increasing life responsibilities lead them to wear baby carriers and lug shopping bags.

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The court rejected a lawsuit alleging collaboration among the Baby Bell carriers that had the effect of raising consumer prices, saying the plaintiffs had to present evidence of a conspiracy, not just allege one.

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There were the husbands who wouldn't do housework but who would put together the cribs, carriers, baby gyms and high tech toys with the expertise only a Y chromosome provides.

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The flagship Titan 5500, introduced in 1991, came just at the cusp of a huge capital spending boom from the Baby Bells and long distance carriers.

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