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...other "pre-existing condition," in the insurance jargon. You could not lose your insurance or have it reduced because you are fired or laid off, or because your company goes bankrupt or because you quit to look for a better job; your benefits will be portable. "The health-security button is the one we're pushing," says a White House official involved in the planning. "People will pay more for security...
SUMMER MOVIES ARRIVE THIS YEAR WEARing a big Smile button. In a kinder, gentler mood (and facing a shrinking, glutted market), moguls have resolved to appeal to the widest possible audience. So the violence in action movies gets toned down one calculated notch, to snag a PG or PG-13 rating, and sex is soft-focused into romance...
James, a short boy with a raspy laugh, jumps up to compete in a paper ball throwing contest. "See what this music has done to James," cries Banks. She pushes the stop button on the tape recorder...
...everyone knows, they don't. Whether women's lacrosse superstar Liz Berkery tallies two goals and four assists or four goals and two assists matters not a whit compared to whether Yeltsin's going to push the button. If Liz scores a hat trick, the world keeps on turning. If Boris pushes the button, it doesn...
...that will be only a way station. The final destination is a post-channel universe of essentially unlimited choice: virtually everything produced for the medium, past or present, plus a wealth of other information and entertainment options, stored in computer banks and available instantly at the touch of a button...