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...foreign aid have fared much BY GEOFFREY MOSS worse than attempts to increase appropriations for it. Senator Hubert Humphrey's last legislative initiative was the International Development Cooperation Act, which would have assembled all foreign aid programs, for the first time, under one roof and a single planning command. The bill died last year as a result of congressional inaction that was abetted by both of the major Administration departments that would have lost power. The State Department would have forfeited control of bilateral pro grams handled by AID, and the Treasury Department would have been displaced...
Exhibiting no ill effects from his recent bout with the flu, Hackett led the race for 150 yards before defending champion Brian Goodell assumed command...
What about the deceit and lawbreaking such enterprise requires? Brother Andrew replies that God's command to evangelize takes precedence over Marxist law. But he insists that he has never lied at the border. "If they ask me, 'Do you have any Bibles?' I'll just smile and say, 'Yes, a lot!' But I pray hard before I go that they won't ask me that question...
...real half-men, half-women, Oh No, No Net! limps along toward its less-than-satisfying finale. Director Marisa Silver and choreographer Linda Hammett have conspired to crowd as much on the tiny stage as is possible--and more. The chorus line is massive; maybe just right to command attention on the Holyoke St. stage, but needlessly cumbersome at Agassiz. The director was in a bind--she needed the extra voice power but had to deal with small spaces. The lack of individual dancing talent is obscured by routines which emphasize coordination en masse; with so many different levels...
...care, doctors tend to hospitalize a patient for procedures which could be done on an outpatient basis, to keep the patient in the hospital longer, and to overutilize marginally useful services. The physician usually isn't a hospital employee and is not necessarily responsive to the administrative chain of command. He has no financial stake in the hospital and no strong incentive to economize. More likely he will maximize his income and the patient's satisfaction by using facilities to the greatest extent. The third-party reimbursement system and the flood of federal dollars into medical care have combined...