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...decision in the world, condemning him to a life connected to machines; other times the doctors tell me there is a real chance we will be able to reverse the tracheotomy and remove the breathing tube. In the meantime, Medicare has run out, and we're facing a $300-a-day bill for care. At times it seems the horrors will never stop. Then my dad will recognize me, smile an almost childish grin of delight when I say my name, and it all seems worth...
...city's 400 legal brothels, anticipating 400,000 overseas tourists, are already jockeying for customers. Tokyo House is spending $15,000 a week to advertise its "Olympics Package," which offers sushi eaten from naked female bodies. Not to be outdone, the nearby Tiffany's is touting its $50,000-a-day regimen, which includes drinks, food and careful consideration of "special needs." The New South Wales government recently released a health and safety video for sex workers on topics from condom use to employer responsibility for work injuries...
...real terms than in 1973. After several days of haggling at meetings in Europe and the Persian Gulf, Naimi finally announced a breakthrough: Iran, Algeria, Venezuela, Mexico and the Saudis agreed to press OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) and non-OPEC countries for a 2 million- bbl.-a-day reduction in the flow of crude, a figure equivalent to nearly 3% of world output...
...anything but the noblest of intentions. Their target was HIV, the AIDS virus, and their focus was on its smallest victims: babies born to infected mothers. Doctors knew that months of intravenous drug treatment during pregnancy can keep HIV from passing from mother to child, but the $1,000-a-day regimen is out of the question in Third World countries, where basic medical care and even clean drinking water are hard to come by. So the researchers launched a study to see whether babies could be protected with shorter-term therapy telescoped into the weeks before, during and after...
...found to have Alzheimer's. Now Sherry's life is about loss--of John, 56, and of life as she knew it. Only work interrupts her constant vigil. There are no nights off from tending to John since she can't afford the $125-a-day fee for what has come to be known as respite care. Day care alone now comes to $700 a month. "I could kick myself for not taking out the insurance," she says. "But I had no idea we'd be facing this...