Word: dose
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...been attacked in states from Connecticut and Georgia to Colorado for lagging response times, shoddy service and putting the profit motive first. After a series in the Hartford (Conn.) Courant last year exposed glaring lapses in AMR's service record, Connecticut's attorney general tried to inject a dose of healthy competition, forcing AMR to sell some ambulances and give up some contracts...
...trying to make sure people are as comfortable as possible," he said as he went to measure out a dose of Robitussin for one of the children...
...ability of Web content to reach niche audiences makes e-publishing especially attractive to authors who don't fit a mold. Leta Nolan Childers of Fort Pierre, S.D., writes novels she calls "comedy romances" that combine the passion of conventional bodice rippers with a dose of silliness. In 1998 she turned to e-imprint DiskUs Publishing, then a tiny operation run by free-lance journalist Marilyn Nesbitt out of her house in Albany, Ind. Childers' submission, The Best Laid Plans, was accepted within weeks and went on sale in January 1999. She became probably the top-selling e-author...