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...appeal wound up on the desk of Dr. Ossorio, who again denied coverage. The deMeurerses, committed now to getting the transplant by any means necessary, launched a two-pronged attack: they authorized Hiepler to pursue an injunction to compel Health Net to pay for the treatment: and they began fund raising in earnest. Christy's sister organized a formal dinner in Boulder, Colorado; friends and colleagues arranged a school talent show. The deMeurerses' daughter Michelle, then eight years old, took a piece of loose-leaf paper and with shaky precision wrote her own advertisement for a yard sale. The sign...
However NATO sees its role, its bombs seemed not to be hurting Mladic enough to force him to back away from Sarajevo. The longer the attacks go on, the more the pressure will mount on the West to up the ante and compel the Serbs to move. But increasing the ferocity of the air war could threaten allied unity and shake the new cooperation between NATO and the U.N., and might also precipitate a split with Russia, which is a member of the Contact Group. In Moscow last week, a fit-looking President Boris Yeltsin demanded, "Why are only...
...Executive Orders to make things happen just as Congress is expected to be seized by gridlock on the budget this fall. By fiat, Clinton last week forced lobbyists who work at influencing the Executive Branch to register and disclose who is paying their fees. Similarly, he intends to compel federal agencies to limit cigarette sales to minors and, perhaps, to augment the environmental protections that Republicans voted last week to proscribe...
...case, Thomases may have a way to avoid explanations. According to her Senate deposition, she has represented Mrs. Clinton legally since the 1980s. Because her work includes Whitewater-related issues, all her conversations with the Clintons about Whitewater are "privileged." Senators cannot compel her to explain them...
...Professor of Psychiatry Dr. John E. Mack was given an unusual public warning by Medical School Dean Daniel C. Tosteson '44 not to let his enthusiasm for UFO research compel him to violate the academic standards of the faculty...