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Although early in the singles match she fought hard for points, Navratilova—Sports Illustrated’s fourteenth greatest athlete of all time—barely broke into a match that never really went her way. Navratilova repeatedly struck a frustrated pose, jerking her head towards the rink?...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Martinas Duel at Harvard | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

To forestall disaster, the rules were changed in 1983. A patient's ailment is now assigned to one of 470 diagnosis-related groups, which categorize treatment for everything from appendicitis to viral meningitis. Each DRG carries a fixed reimbursement rate based on the cost of treating the average patient. If...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Welcome to the No-Care Zone | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

A study last year by the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging uncovered other problems. The committee found that some hospitals post lists of "bad doctors," who allow hospitalized patients to exceed the DRG ceiling, and of "good doctors," who boost hospital profits by discharging their patients quickly. Physicians reported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Welcome to the No-Care Zone | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

The contortions were prompted by the fact that on May 20 a new Trident submarine is due to slip into the sea off Connecticut. Its 24 ballistic missiles would put the U.S. over the SALT II ceiling. Although Reagan once called that treaty "fatally flawed," he again decided to preserve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mobileman? A new missile with SALT | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Cuba is one of those low-slung New Mexican adobe towns, a wide spot in the road, really, up on the Colorado Plateau, insight of the Jemez and the Nacimiento ranges of the Rockies. This time of year the country is golden with rabbit weed and chamiza (when the Spaniards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Mexico: A Local Voice | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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