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...Women and Doctors: A Physician's Explosive Account of Women's Medical Treatment -- and Mistreatment -- in America Today (Atlantic Monthly Press; $20.95). Male domination of the medical profession has bred a host of abuses, says Smith, 49, a medical maverick who upset colleagues by starting the first HMO in Colorado Springs, Colo., and now acts as a consultant on national health policy. Research on heart disease and cancer, as well as on the benefits of various therapies, has centered almost exclusively on men. "We've got a body of knowledge that doesn't apply to women," laments Smith. More than...
...secession is on the rise again across the U.S. Like those who want to subdivide California, many citizens in other states think they'd be better off without their big cities, high taxes or state governments. In Kansas, 10 southwestern counties hope that parts of neighboring Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado will join them in founding a 51st state. Since Kansans in the rebellious counties voted 9 to 1 in favor of the idea earlier this month, local officials have been working on a new constitution and planning a convention in September. Similar talk still festers from Alaska to the Michigan...
...electoral votes by margins of less than 5% of the total ballots cast. According to George W.'s calculations, the Democratic candidate can win if Perot siphons off just 5% of the vote in 12 key states: Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Missouri, California, New Mexico, Michigan, Colorado, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee. And California and the South are already considered Perot's main strongholds among the white, middle-class, unhappy voters Bush needs. Sums up a senior adviser to the Bush campaign: "Ross Perot doesn't have to do well to knock Bush...
Seven Senators have announced they will not seek re-election, including North Dakota Democrat Kent Conrad, who said he would pack it in after a single term if the deficit had not been reduced; he was as good as his word. The latest: Colorado Democrat Tim Wirth, also quitting after one term. Like New Hampshire Senator Warren Rudman, who bailed out last month, Wirth cited his frustration over deadlock and partisan bickering on Capitol Hill. But like many fellow incumbents, he may also have foreseen a tough re-election campaign. In 1989 Wirth sought to ease restrictions on junk-bond...
...seeing a lot of things happen," she said, citing the example of a state-wide conference in Colorado on Chicana sexuality. "[This] gives me hope that our society will get better...