Word: adopters
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...euro. In a televised plea, Chirac, called on voters to reject increased taxes and public spending as the solution to rising unemployment. "If we want to affirm ourselves as a great economic and political power, equal to the dollar and the yen," the president said, "France must adopt the euro in 1999 and see its budget shrink." The president is gambling on winning early elections before enacting a new round of highly unpopular belt-tightening. Recent polls are not encouraging: One survey reported that 53 percent of the French electorate would vote against Chirac and his party...
...some of the biggest consumers of health care--groups like the American Association of Retired Persons and General Motors--are pressuring managed-care companies to participate in independent outcome studies coordinated by the nonprofit Foundation for Accountability, in Portland, Oregon. Watchdog groups have encouraged the industry to adopt uniform standards for what a plan must disclose to consumers until those data are available. In December the American Association of Health Plans began instructing its members to provide, on request, clear information about...
...create a stronger women's community and a stronger Radcliffe, we must not limit ourselves by narrow definitions. To me, a women's community is any group of strong, intelligent, supportive yet independent women coming together over issues of interest to them. And Radcliffe is defined by those who adopt her name. A model for an improved women's community and an empowered Radcliffe exists beneath our very noses: Radcliffe athletics...
...world if the plan is not vigorously applied there. The treatment strategy, known as DOTS -- Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course -- simply instructs medical workers, teachers and others to observe TB patients more closely in order to prevent them from terminating their treatment plans prematurely. WHO officials estimate that full adoption of DOTS could slash the number of TB cases in Eastern Europe by half over the next decade and save up to 10 million lives. Furthermore, the organization said most countries could adopt the method at little additional cost to existing treatment strategies. Normally, TB medications must be taken...
...discrimination puts the University in a very difficult position in dealing with applicants and potentially also with the Office of Civil Rights. This mistake is not a legal technicality--the University takes its nondiscriminatory stance in hiring very seriously, and I am shocked that PBHA would want to adopt such a discriminatory hiring practice. But that is not the point of mentioning this example: had Dean Kidd reviewed this letter, she would instantly have pointed out this problem. Given her experience and professional expertise, she could have explained the difficulties with PBHA's thinking and articulation. By insisting on Dean...