Word: bypassers
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Newly appointed police commissioner Perry L. Anderson received permission from the state yesterday to bypass some civil service exam requirements when he appoints six superintendents and deputy superintendents to help him run the department...
...reproduction out of the body, where they are subject to the vagaries of human biology, and perform them in vitro, "in glass." By removing mature eggs from the ovaries, mixing them with sperm in a Petri dish and reintroducing the resulting embryos directly into the uterus, doctors can bypass most of the important barriers to fertility, from low sperm counts to nonfunctioning Fallopian tubes...
Discrimination. For unknown reasons -- prejudice may be the only explanation -- many doctors and hospitals do not treat blacks' medical problems as seriously as those of whites. In one study, researchers found that, regardless of income, blacks are half as likely as whites to receive bypass operations for their heart problems. Another investigation revealed that among patients undergoing dialysis for kidney disease, whites are 33% more likely to get a kidney transplant. A third study showed that blacks who were hospitalized for pneumonia received less-intensive treatment than whites...
...seven have unbent to the extent of preparing to make major food and medical-aid shipments this winter to save lives. For the first time they intend to bypass the center and distribute at least some of it to the republics. But when British Prime Minister John Major visited Kennebunkport last week, George Bush repeated some other conditions for a more general aid program: substantial cuts in Soviet military spending and a reduction in Moscow's aid to Cuba. Major agreed, and was prepared to pass along that message on a Sunday visit to Moscow, where he was slated...
...usual, all the country's a summer stage, and Shakespeare is a frequent player on it. But just around the next curve, or beyond the highway bypass, are dramas that pay tribute to homespun heroes and celebrations that honor a bit of local lore. The stage is set. Take your pick. Herewith a sampling of the best, the most unusual, the most down-home, the most moving and the most fun that the country has to offer itself in this festive season...