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While most doctors favor the Coalition platform, neither party is promising them what they believe they deserve. "G.P.s feel very undervalued," says Australian Medical Association vice president Mukesh Haikerwal, who argues the standard rebate is roughly half what it should be considering the costs of running a practice. Many G.P.s feel that seven years of training and over 6,000 consultations a year entitle them to an annual income higher than the $A120,000 the average G.P. earns. They also resent any plan aimed at controlling their charging. "I forewarn the Labor Party," says A.M.A. president Bill Glasson...
...kegs often lead to overconsumption of alcohol and thus more alcohol poisoning relative to cans, because the quantity of beer consumed from a keg is difficult to track. He also pointed out that “the higher cost of canned beer than kegs is actually an argument in favor [of the ban],” because it could lead to the purchase of a smaller quantity of beer due to the higher cost...
...negated an acrobatic touchdown pass from Fitzpatrick to junior fullback Kelly Widman. And while the secondary play improved dramatically, Bears receiver Thomas Balestracci dropped two very catchable passes, one of which would have gone for a touchdown and could have turned the momentum back in Brown’s favor...
...would have sent us back," says Howard. The morning the show aired, CBS staff members had shown copies of the memos to Dan Bartlett, the White House communications director. In response, according to a transcript of the interview, Bartlett tried to spin parts of the memos in Bush's favor and attributed the whole debate to partisan sniping. He did not, however, challenge the authenticity of the memos...
...beefed up. None of that hampered the hybrid entertainment unfolding within. Boardwalk barkers persevered ("Arright, at the sound of the buzzer, you want to press both buttons on the gun") but competed with a bazaar offering stylish Islamic headwear and Koranic commentaries. Standard food concessions were shuttered in favor of ritually correct halal vendors like Shalimar and Kabob King. There was no opposite-sex canoodling, and halter tops and shorts were replaced by a vast array of hijab head scarves and ankle-length jilbabs and abayas...