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...leading cause of personal bankruptcy is not wasteful spending or reckless investing but unpaid medical bills. That's surprising, but only until you consider that at any moment some 40 million Americans are without health insurance and another 40 million have experienced a gap in coverage in the past two years. With the slow economy, these disturbing numbers are growing as employers cut jobs and benefits. So it pays to know how to get health insurance outside of your employer, if need be, for yourself and your family...
...toji, or sake brewmaster, a proud member of a dwindling breed. "In the olden days, the eldest sons of farmers made sake after the harvest," explains Doi, 63. Straight out of high school, he followed his father into his vocation. "But my son," he says with a rueful, gap-toothed smile, "he's a salaryman...
With the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and an inflow of American and West German commercial products, demand for Wechsler’s insights diminished. Wechsler sustained himself during this gap by translating and providing voices for 200 episodes of the television western series Rawhide...
...same time, Wechsler was shocked by the gap between rich and poor, in particular the homeless people filling the benches of New York City’s Central Park when Wechsler visited in his first summer back in America...
...study also revealed that while a new vaccine represents a temporary stop-gap measure, in the long-term, heavy use of antibiotics will continue to decrease their effectiveness...