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...deciding factor in health: Our humanity entitles us to the same level of care as the next person. Debates on Social Security in Canada often focus around the difficulties inherent in a system that offers free medical care. Many might argue that "privatization" might solve the staffing problem, the speed of emergency rooms and the occasional lack of the necessary resources to help a patient. Yet the pervading view in Canada is that while privatization might raise the optimal level of care available, the average level of care in Canada--currently much higher than it is over here--would...
Well, I'm glad to be able to take back my good-natured cynicism. On Saturday, freshman Robbie Wright kicked two solid field goals on two attempts, snapping a streak of eight straight missed opportunities and silencing me and anyone else who made light of the kicking problem...
...IMPACT: Should extend the program's solvency through 2054, and will encourage private saving. But the plan exacerbates the long-term problem: an increasingly large share of tax dollars that must be spent on Social Security benefits. EDUCATION GEORGE W. BUSH AL GORE...
...real problem with today's negative TV ads is not that they're so negative. It's that they're such lousy TV. From D.C. to Dixie, it's the same vocabulary of ominous synthesizer music, phony-sounding testimonials, graphics worthy of public-access cable and canned punch lines ("Wrong for the court. Wrong for our kids"). It wasn't always so. The 1964 "Daisy" ad was practically avant-garde. Today, while Madison Avenue produces some of the most sophisticated programming on the air, most political ads remain stuck in the Stone Age. Nader looked like a philosopher king simply...
...leader hasn't been as strained by recent events as Barak's has. Peres was able to give Arafat a big dose of empathy, which he seldom gets from Israeli leaders. Peres told us today that he had tried to put himself in Arafat's shoes and understand the problem from his side." What does Peres see as the steps that will follow if the cease-fire holds...