Word: dealing
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...appointment was put on hold until Rudenstine returned from vacation in Europe last week and could deal with the matter personally, sources say. In the end it was the president who made the call...
High drug costs are infuriating voters and spurring politicians to roll out remedies. Not surprisingly, the congressional Republican plan leans on the market, while the Clinton plan serves up a new entitlement. A centrist measure from G.O.P. Senator William Roth seeks to bridge the divide. Is a deal possible? In theory, yes. The money is there--or at least is projected to be. And the philosophical differences, although stark, aren't ones that either side holds that dear. Alas, the fighting will probably continue as each side tries to score political points. Complicating matters: the drug plan is linked...
...binder and its owner are at the center of the action this week as President Clinton attempts to clinch a deal on peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. The summit is a high-stakes attempt by the departing American President to force a "full, fair and final" settlement of such explosive issues as the return of Palestinian refugees, boundaries of a Palestinian state and control of Jerusalem--in short, all the issues dividing the two sides. Along the arbored paths of Camp David, over meals of steak and salmon or in their private cabins, every foreign policy heavyweight...
...reason AIDS has hit sub-Saharan Africa so hard is that the public health system in many countries is inadequate to deal with even "conventional" disease, let alone a grinding juggernaut like AIDS. According to the World Bank, the region averages $34 per person annually in health-care spending--and far less in places like Nigeria and Kenya--compared with an average of $2,485 in developed countries like the U.S. Less than half the people in the area have access to clean water, and just over half of all children are vaccinated against diphtheria, polio and tetanus. The notion...
...entrepreneurs. They want to make sure their charitable investments benefit their ultimate "customers"--those in need--and don't get lost in red tape and bureaucracy. This has caused some tension with the nonprofit organizations that have traditionally been the recipients of such largesse. "Are charitable organizations ready to deal with all that money?" asks Stacy Palmer, editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. "If your scale has always been a lot smaller and all of a sudden you are given major resources, the question is whether you have the people in place to do the work...