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Grady is a teaching hospital for Emory University Medical School. It has an array of specialized clinics and several doctors with worldwide reputations. For nearly 90 years Grady has also been the main source of medical care for Atlanta's poor. Last year a fifth of Grady's $80 million budget came from reimbursement for services provided to Medicaid patients. In 1980 the hospital served more than 300,000 outpatients in its jammed waiting rooms, clinics and stretcher-filled emergency rooms. An additional 42,244 patients competed for space in its 934 beds...
...home, has won him few admirers in Washington. He takes every opportunity to make long-winded, self-righteous speeches during floor debates, and has been accused of milking his vocal anti-administration stand during the Watergate hearings for more than it was worth. He traditionally sponsors an eclectic array of legislation and though he sits on several influential committees, few consider him an effective lawmaker...
...prevent the fall of the Shah, who for decades seemed the paragon of a U.S. friend overseas. Then came the humiliation of the embassy seizure, the burning of American flags, the ritual chanting of "Death to the great satan!" by mullah-led mobs. Recent years have spawned an array offerees seemingly inimical to American interests, ranging from the extortionist pricing policies of OPEC to xenophobic Islamic fundamentalism. Iran, in a peculiarly ugly way, has managed to represent both...
...most esteemed by the President is brand-named Jelly Belly, which -addicts vow-is to the ordinary jelly bean what foie gras is to liverwurst. About one-fourth the size of the Easter-basket staple and three times as expensive (up to $4 per lb.), Bellys come in an array of 36 flavors. Their manufacturer, Herman Goelitz Co. of Oakland, maintains that the flavors are so delicate that the beans should be eaten one at a time, not by the vulgar handful. How else to appreciate the richness of the coffee mocha, the tang of the pińa colada...
...London's Daily Mirror was quick to call him "Red Andy" and "a dangerous representative of Trotskyist infiltration." The Times editorialized that Bevan was a "subversive element" and likened his appointment to "soldiers under siege being asked suddenly to accept the command of one of the enemy." An array of Labor stalwarts, including Michael Foot and then Prime Minister James Callaghan, objected to Bevan's selection...