Word: approaches
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...Without committing to a specific plan--he knows that endorsing one now would doom it--he has been leading town-hall meetings around the country. In January he proposed devoting the entire budget surplus to the problem (something he may regret now that the cigarette money is gone), an approach that last week won the support of Republican Senators Pete Domenici and Phil Gramm. (Their surprising move pulled the rug out from under House Republicans, who want to use some of the surplus for a huge election-year tax cut--$702 billion over 10 years.) So far so good...
...dial tone linking them to one of the Baby Bell companies. But in recent years that monopoly has slipped away. And in the eyes of traditional telecom bosses, the antidote is conglomeration, a kind of circle-the-wagons strategy they hope can hold off competition's inevitable charge. The approach has roots in an earlier boom time. In the 1920s the nation's railroad firms consolidated in a vain attempt to stave off competition from cars. The phone companies--which think a large customer base will make it cheaper to develop and sell new services--believe this time will...
...BLACKMAN was reporting a story in Maine when she learned of one town's unique approach to containing health costs. It's the subject of this week's AMERICAN SCENE. Blackman, yet another Washington-based correspondent (they do get around, don't they?), describes Maine as a "glorious, crystal-clear state where everyone is nice to each other and honest. I found it to be a lovely change from the Capitol." That's not necessarily a reflection on all of official Washington. Blackman just finished writing Seasons of Her Life, a biography of Secretary of State Madeline Albright, which will...
...down to skimpy loincloths and chained together, to underline what Zambello believes to be the opera's homosexual subtext. "Cesca is an artist with a strong mind and a point of view," says Paul Kellogg, the City opera's general and artistic manager. "And whether one agrees with her approach or not, I can tell you that it makes for exciting opera...
...good when we're very good--with overwhelming force. Our great cars aren't about engineering elegance. No, we start with a 490-cu.-in. V-8. In combat, from the Civil War to Desert Storm, we bring to bear massive, ineluctable power. If that approach can't be done (Vietnam comes to mind), that's not a good American...