Word: generality
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Different Priorities. Russian medicine differs greatly from American in emphasis and approach, especially in regard to anesthesia. Russian doctors prefer local anesthetics, particularly in appendectomies and uncomplicated deliveries. Says Polina Kachalova, senior physician at Leningrad's No. 2 Hospital: "We believe general anesthetics are more harmful and that recovery is quicker with local anesthetics." Though surgery is often more traumatic as a result, few Russians seem to complain...
...moment, the main imponderable is how the Muskie bill will fare in the House-Senate Conference Committee. The House has already passed a bill generally weaker than Muskie's. His bill faces rough going in the Conference Committee because of its steep price tag and its potential impact on the auto industry. Insiders predict a compromise bill that will keep most of the stiff air-quality requirements for industry in general, while easing up on Detroit's deadline...
...vote in many important cases. With Republican appointees in the majority, suggests University of Chicago Law Professor Philip Kurland, a leading court watcher, the Burger Court may steer slightly away from the Warren Court's judicial activism-but hardly toward the conservatism that "Vice President Agnew and Attorney General Mitchell are seeking to create...
...Fortunately, relief now seems to be on the way. Except for unemployment-currently 5.1% and widely expected to go at least a bit higher in coming months-the major pains are easing. A production recovery seems to be under way, although it may be retarded by the strike at General Motors. And last week brought news of significant declines in the rate of inflation and in one of the economy's most important interest rates...
Nobody is yet ready to make that claim. The rate of price rises is likely to move higher again soon. The cost of fuel oil and natural gas is expected to climb this winter, reflecting the nation's worsening energy shortage. And settlement of the General Motors strike will probably give the wage-price spiral another twist. Last week G.M. announced hikes of 6%-an average of $208 per car-for its 1971 models...