Word: careful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Brahms' gigantic variations and the sublime introspection of late Beethoven. His Piano Pieces Nos. 6, 8, 9, 12, and 18 seemed eclectic in origin, with traces of Milhand, Bartok, and especially John Alden Carpenter. They were clearly organized but almost invariably dull. Yet they did illustrate the same painstaking care that Ernst Levy has lavished on all aspects of his musical art. ROBERT M. SIMON
...care to such affairs of state that Pérez Jiménez drew his countrymen's attention. Amid Cabinet meetings and the signing of decrees, they noted, the President worked in an astonishing schedule of extracurricular activities. He went to a garden party, an auto race and a pre-Mardi Gras fiesta, where he awarded the queen's prize. He tried out -a new rowboat and pitched the first ball of the Caribbean baseball tourney. He went to the touring Folies Bergère of Paris, whose nude cuties have been a scandalous success in Caracas...
...every eight Americans is a war veteran; by law, he or she is entitled to free medical care under certain conditions. The U.S. Veterans Administration runs the world's biggest hospital system: 172 hospitals, 105 out-patient clinics (for dental, orthopedic and neuropsychiatric patients) and 17 "domiciliaries" (old soldiers' homes), with a total annual in-and out-patient load of 2,100,000. Estimated 1956 cost to the taxpayer: $770 million...
...program's size and cost is a controversial law, first laid down by Congress in 1924: although applicants for treatment with service-connected injuries get first priority, other veterans must be taken in as "beds are available," provided they need hospitalization and show they cannot pay for private care. Result: of an average of 113,000 patients in VA hospitals on a given day, more than two-thirds are being treated for non-service-connected ailments. The law is strongly backed by the American Legion, but is damned by the American Medical Association as "an opening wedge for socialized...
...Director Middleton knows that his job will not get easier in the years ahead, even if the U.S. remains at peace. As the U.S.'s vast veteran population grows older, more veterans will suffer from chronic illnesses and require their country's care. Dr. Middleton can point to a historical example: U.S. outlay for Civil War veterans reached its peak in 1898, fully 33 years after Appomattox...