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...talkathon on the Senate floor to harangue the Democrats on the judges they blocked. The gabfest infuriated Daschle, who claimed Frist double-crossed him. Daschle had agreed to Frist's request to keep the Senate working through Veterans Day so it would have more time to clear its usual backlog. Only later did he learn that Frist also planned to use the week's extra time for a Republican telethon to promote conservative justices. Daschle dismissed it as a "colossal waste of time"-the judges remained blocked-and Democratic whip Harry Reid accused Frist of "amateur leadership." Many Republican Senators...
...swiper lunged toward the door and yelled at Dartboard, creating a bit of a scene in the dining hall. She told Dartboard that the dishwasher needed to be out at a certain time and people swiping in after the final dinner hour of 7:15 p.m. would create a backlog. After Dartboard explained that she did not need to use plates, that she would settle for fruit and peanut butter and jelly, the door was still blocked and the rumbling of the tummy increased...
...idea Noffsinger has been championing is rapidly catching on across the country, from rural Tennessee to South Central Los Angeles. The VA Medical Center in Bay Pines, Fla., introduced group appointments in the summer of 2002 as a way to combat a backlog of 17,000 patients waiting to be inducted into its primary-care system. Today that waiting list hovers at about 100, and the group model is being extended to Veterans Health Administration centers around the country. Endocrinologist David Shewmon started group appointments in his Wooster, Ohio, practice last January and has reduced the wait time...
...marked for high risk. After tumbling to their slowest pace in 30 years (just 10 IPOs came to market in the first half of the year), IPOs have begun a nascent recovery. Buoyed by an economic recovery, 18 companies sold initial shares in the third quarter, and a notable backlog is building. In every cycle, the best companies go public first. In general, these are companies that were strong enough to survive the weak economy. Also, investment bankers realize they need a string of solid deals to build investor confidence...
...government has granted students highest priority in scheduling application interviews—a response to complaints about last year’s delays from throughout the higher education community. Casey said this measure has prevented University’s fears of a massive backlog from being realized...