Word: america
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...A.M.A.'s own calculation have a median annual income of $164,000, are trying to pad their already cushy salaries. And they argue that the doctors' bold stand could wind up hurting their patients. According to a June report released by the Health Insurance Association of America, collective bargaining by doctors for higher fees could cause health-care premiums to balloon as much as 11%, adding up to $80 billion annually to the cost of health care...
...America get used to The Boondocks? Just two months after its national debut, newspapers in 195 cities have signed up for the strip, one of the biggest launches in comics history. But protests from readers, both black and white, have shown that many are not ready to laugh at their own prejudices. "Not all black people are hoodlums," wrote a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel subscriber. Others see the strip as antiwhite. "I think you should offer David Dukes equal room," fumed an Atlanta Journal-Constitution reader. Two small papers, in Aiken, S.C., and Massilon, Ohio, have canceled the strip. "Our readers...
...quote from America Online CEO Steve Case about the FCC's decision on open access to the Internet [BUSINESS, June 7] was stated incorrectly. It should have read, "It's a choice between right and wrong," not a "battle between good and evil...
Ending social promotion is part of an attempt to restore some value to the shredded America high school diploma, which cannot now assure anyone that the bearer can even read or write. DAN HAGEN Charleston...
...Pied Piper of color blindness, plans to bring his crusade. But despite the moans you will hear from supporters of affirmative action, it may not be such a bad thing. It could force African Americans to rediscover a piece of mother wit: if you want to succeed in America, you have to be twice as prepared as your white counterpart. Anything less...