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...Congress is still confident that Deutch can reform the agency. In his first six months as director, he has replaced practically every top manager. And when he met last week with officers in the CIA's soundproof auditorium to explain his reprimands in the latest scandal and to buck up morale, he got a standing ovation. It was a small step in rebuilding confidence inside the agency. The larger task will be restoring the CIA's credibility with those on the outside...
Veterans' advocates and the VA itself agree that relief from congressionally mandated rules that tilt the system toward expensive in-patient care could squeeze far more bang from the buck. (Under the present system, for example, many veterans cannot receive treatment for hypertension as outpatients. They have to wait to be admitted as in-patients for a heart attack or stroke.) But while the House has passed eligibility reform, the Senate...
Certainly that efficiency brings benefits. Some economists say if more of the benefits were quantified--if we could say how much more bang-per-buck you would get from Windows 95 than from dos 3.0, or from a new CD player than from an old, no-frills model--the official inflation rate would be lower and median wages would then look less stagnant, if far from vibrant. Another benefit of lean, efficient capitalism is jobs; the American unemployment rate is stunningly low by European standards--half the French and Italian rates...
...bigger bang provided by H2 antagonists worth the much bigger buck to the consumer? And does it justify the FDA's approval of over-the-counter versions? When the FDA discussed the issue, an analogy to over-the-counter arthritis medication was forcefully made: Just as some people need effective, readily available medicine for aches and pains, some people need similar medicine for heartburn...
...Best Picture, John Schlesinger's "Midnight Cowboy" enjoyed considerable success despite its straightforward depiction of prostitution and homosexuality. The use of nudity and profanity, though shocking then, allows a frank portrayal of the seamier sides of city life as encountered by the story's protagonist, country boy Joe Buck (Jon Voight) looking to settle down with a rich city woman. Particularly offensive at the time were two scenes between Voight's character and homosexual johns, including a middle-aged man whom he physically assaults. But the most striking aspect of the film involves the relationship (somewhat reminiscent of Of Mice...