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...reasoning. Denying funds to pregnant women will, he implies, somehow encourage the state to address the more fundamental needs of the poor--education, housing and so on. Who on earth believes that a society which will not help the vulnerable in crisis will get around to helping them with chronic problems? What disingenuous nonsense First-trimester abortions are the sole concern of the pregnant woman, under the confidential advice of her physician. Denial of funds is imposition of parenthood. N. W. Patterson Lecturer on Celtic Languages and Literatures
...first year, he administered a budget of $204 million; today he controls $650 million. Previous presidents had little to worry about in the way of federal regulation, but Title VII of the Civil Rights Act required Bok to alter hiring policies for his whole faculty. The energy crunch and chronic inflation ravaged many universities; Bok created the Harvard Management Corp., which invested Harvard's $3.5 billion endowment in profitable stocks. Yet throughout these official and financial labors, Bok has paid primary attention to Harvard's intellectual and ethical goals, not only of the college but particularly of the business...
...issue that played on role in committee deliberations was Rehnquist's past dependency on a powerful, hypnotic drug prescribed in conjunction with the justice's chronic back problems...
...could they ever have believed it would work? Both Rachel Samstat (Meryl Streep) and Mark Forman (Jack Nicholson) had been through this marriage stuff before, unsuccessfully. She was a chronic worrywart; he was a legendary sexual goat. "I don't believe in marriage," she said. "Neither do I," he replied. Only one of them was joking. And yet they did have fun. She made him salads at 4 in the morning; he made her laugh with a manic-heroic rendition of Soliloquy from Carousel. He would be, she thought, just the guy to offer sex, schmoozing and comic relief, between...
...doctors. They generally restrict themselves to performing routine tests, treating minor ailments and suggesting over-the-counter medications. Even so, they can spare patients many costly trips to the doctor, and they often make house calls. These nurses are especially helpful to the elderly and people with chronic diseases, who may need close watching but not always by a physician...