Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Involve the private sector. Private corporations allied with pioneering charities can make public money stretch a long way. In 1986-87 some 460 nonprofit community groups created 23,120 units of low-income housing, compared with nearly...
...there are far grimmer effects. Harrowing tales are told by interns and residents, many of whom routinely work 120-hour weeks, including 36 hours at a stretch. Some admit that mistakes are frighteningly common. A California resident fell asleep while sewing up a woman's uterus -- and toppled onto the patient. In another California case, a sleepy resident forgot to order a * diabetic patient's nightly insulin shot and instead prescribed another medication. The man went into a coma. Compassion can also be a casualty. One young doctor admitted to abruptly cutting off the questions...
DOUG WILDER (5-6). Virginia rules prevent another run as Governor, so he has nothing to lose by going for the top post. May wind up in exacta with better- known candidate. Could be reckless in the stretch...
Harvard was characteristically potent fromthree-point range, connecting on 5-of-9 frombehind the arc. But tenacious Hartford defense andan unfriendly rim hampered the Crimson offensedown the stretch...
...recent reprintings include an article calling for a third political party from the Progressive and a piece from the New Republic on why the rich get richer. "We want to challenge people's shibboleths," says Utne. "We're not out to tweak people, but we do want to stretch them...