Word: controller
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Columbia defeated Dartmouth the next night to finish tied for third in the Ivies with the Crimson. The finish gives Harvard some hope going in to next year, with the four freshmen gaining more experience and Clemente taking control as a senior. However, at least for one night, Long reminded everyone who the real savior was, the player who kept the Crimson afloat while Clemente nursed an eye injury, the senior who sometimes played with four freshmen on the court. Instead of taking the finish with satisfaction, some players looked at the season with less pleasure...
...While Harvard Pilgrim has been working under the current business plan, it has been able to build up $200 million in cash reserves and pay off another $200 million that it owed to hospitals and doctors. Since the HMO came under state control, a process known as receivership, insured participants in the plan have continued to received health care unaffected by the financial problems...
...plan announced yesterday must be approved by the state's Supreme Judicial Court, before the HMO can come out from under state control. Even after the HMO regains its independence, Ruthardt said the insurance commission and attorney general's office will continue to closely monitor Harvard Pilgrim...
This has been a tough week for the National Rifle Association. Two shootings - one in a first-grade classroom - shocked the country and once again galvanized gun control proponents. Sensing renewed public outrage, President Clinton decided to strike while the issue is hot, challenging the House of Representatives to pass a batch of stalled gun control legislation. The three-tiered bill, strongly opposed by the NRA, squeaked through the Senate last year, and now Clinton is leaning heavily on the House to act on the measure before the spring recess begins in mid-March. If passed, the legislation would require...
...House," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "And if it doesn't pass, Clinton will beat the Republicans over the head with their failure in the fall." Clinton has grabbed this opportunity with a renewed sense of purpose; he has been talking a blue streak on gun control this week, playing to the general sense of horror over the latest gun-related violence. The President told an audience earlier this week that the rate of accidental gun deaths among American children is nine times higher than in the world's 25 other largest countries combined. While opponents...