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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Still, in the absence of outcome studies that assess a plan's track record for a particular condition--breast cancer, diabetes, depression--consumers can only make a more educated guess. "We have this vanilla health-care system that is supposed to provide quality care for all types of people and for all types of ailments," says David Lansky, president of the Foundation for Accountability, "but when it comes to people being able to assess which plan is best for them, it's very difficult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW TO CHOOSE WISELY | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

...ahead, have the vanilla cone. Women who consume foods rich in calcium--milk, cheese and yogurt--may lower their risk of KIDNEY STONES...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Apr. 14, 1997 | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

...them great happiness. I thought of other things I cannot name. Then I thought of my mother, 89, her once fine and witty mind assaulted by Alzheimer's but otherwise, and cruelly, in excellent health. I thought of her sitting on a beach under a striped umbrella holding a vanilla ice-cream cone, while I, at a distance, built a fort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ONLY DISCONNECT | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...arrived, for better or worse, as an acceptable romance story, set against a beautifully done backdrop of a world war. But notably absent from this picture is any bona fide sense of Hemingway, as O'Donnell and Sandra Bullock with somewhat disturbing success dilute and plain-vanilla the story into submission...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: O'Donnell Too Small for Hemingway's Shoes | 1/30/1997 | See Source »

...each year and which I always believe students do not get riled up enough about, and thus they resurface. While the acquisition of a frozen yogurt machine is always something students can get together on and sign petitions about (don't get me wrong, I love a little French vanilla and Dutch chocolate after every meal myself), I don't see this kind of excitement and dedication for more important issues such as the reconstruction of the advising system at this school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Fond Look Back | 5/10/1996 | See Source »

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