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...believe the hype. The Bush plan is an incomplete, inefficient proposal that would only exacerbate America's health care woes. What seems like a good liberal plan is actually a prescription for ruin...

Author: By Eric R. Columbus, | Title: Message: Do Something Real for Health Care | 2/14/1992 | See Source »

...forces did apparently have orders to bring an end to the entire society that would have kept such riots from occurring: stop the police, round up all journalists (except those in USIA), leave enough of the city in ruin to make sure the only people on the commercial streets are looking to do some shopping without credit cards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kill 'Em All & Let God Sort 'Em Out | 1/24/1992 | See Source »

...just say this convoluted diatribe did not ruin the political career of Gov. Ronald W. Reagan...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: The Lost Wednesday | 11/27/1991 | See Source »

...rich in young talent." Brooks Johnson, former athletic director at Stanford, says some fundamental economic choices must be made if California is to continue producing sports stars at its usual rate. "It's volleyball or vandalism. Either we invest in our youth, or we are going to ruin whole segments of the population...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot House of Champions | 11/18/1991 | See Source »

...forward to 3 a.m. caffeine rushes that make the words of Locke's "Second Treatise on Government" swim in front of our eyes. We just wanted to stay up and watch "Saturday Night Live." What we should have learned by now is that too many consecutive hours of consciousness ruin a good life...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: The Art of Napping | 11/14/1991 | See Source »

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