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...damages from malpractice lawsuits. While studies suggest malpractice reform does little to reduce health care costs, trial lawyers (who back Democrats) and insurance companies (who favor Republicans) are pushing senators toward a fight. And while Democrats will roll out a health care plan later this year, their main theme will be attacking the prescription drug bill that has now gone into effect. All of which shows that no matter what happens in innovative states like Massachusetts, Washington will continue to be a symptom of the ailing health care system rather than any kind of cure...
...party sponsored by the First Year Social Committee (FYSC) was postponed this weekend following space concerns and complaints that the original party theme was inappropriate and offensive. The “Anything Goes But Clothes” party slated for Good Friday was postponed to this past Saturday and renamed a toga party. While the Freshman Dean’s Office has no oversight over FYSC events, Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67 “voiced his disapproval,” according to FYSC chair Zachary A.Y. Pollinger...
...Your mother gave you up for adoption because she wanted you to have a better life’ means ‘she couldn’t afford an abortion.’”Although Harvard’s TBTN is now more well-coordinated and on-theme, it’s hard not to sense an undying orthodoxy lying beneath the surface.Ever since it was first held in the 1980s, the Harvard event has treated sexual violence not as the provenance of a few depraved criminals. Instead, as TBTN’s organizers...
...there are indications that the moment for a shuffle could be approaching, says a former White House official who has worked with Rumsfeld. "There are people in the building who would like to see 'peace with honor,'" the official told TIME, dusting off a reference to the 1968 campaign theme that helped elect Richard Nixon. But a senior White House official insisted that Bush would not be pushed into removing the Pentagon boss. "No one has ever mentioned a timeline for his tenure," he said...
...party sheet cake, wax decorative candles and all. There's the same queasy sense of monochromatic excess because all the shows are alike, from the fake panic that the party may not happen to the scary-sexy dry humping on the dance floor. And no matter what the nominal theme of the party--California beach party, Moulin Rouge, the color pink--each guest of honor is really after only one thing. "I feel famous. I love it," says one. Another: "I definitely felt like I was famous." Yet one more: "I felt like such a star." The teenagers take...