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There are, however, two missing links in this strategy. First of all, AT&T does not produce the full range of products that consumers will want from the electronic highway. Although the company has been adept at providing communication links and transactional services such as banking, it does not make or own the video games, television shows, movies and information products that will be the staple of what consumers order in their homes. To that end, it is considering joint ventures like the one with Sega, but in other cases it may simply be the conduit through which other media...
Dredging up nostalgic memories and, in many cases, baby pictures of a new generation, the older Radcliffe rowers proved adept at entertaining the younger ones with their colorful experiences...
...reminder that such people can be nothing short of enchanting on a first encounter. "The psychopath is often charming, bright, very persuasive," explains Louis West, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California at Los Angeles medical school. "He quickly wins people's trust and is uncannily adept at manipulating and conning people." David Jewell, whose former wife died in last week's fire, had a brief phone conversation with Koresh five years ago that left him in shock. "In 20 minutes, he took my entire Christian upbringing and put it in such a tailspin, I didn't know...
Hence the supposed wisdom of proposing that the insurance companies be located at the very center of the medical system. They are, as we all know, remarkably adept at weeding out sickly consumers and harassing providers about the need for each and every test or procedure performed. Beyond that, the HIPCs and insurance companies will be doing their best to herd us all into "managed care" plans featuring a limited choice of physicians and strong financial incentives against anything that could be regarded as overutilization. Never mind that utilization has remained constant for the past 10 years, while costs have...
NAFTA supporters agree that immediate action by Clinton is necessary. Former Republican Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin, now a Fellow at the Institute of Politics, noted that, "President Clinton has proved himself to be very adept politically and should be able to persuade his constituents that mutual self-interests would be effectively served by the ratification of the pact...