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...time when we are constantly overwhelmed by messages about the evils of terrorism, Patchett’s novel is an effort to avoid such a flat, one-sided picture of a complex phenomenon. She reminds us that even in the most terrible of situations, the human capacity for love is so great that it can transcend political, national, and ethnic boundaries...

Author: By Jessica X.Y. Rothenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bel Canto | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...imaging. Beginning next year, imaging centers will see payment cuts that the industry and its manufacturing allies--GE, Siemens, Phillips--say will reduce some payments to 20% of the cost of doing them. To level the specialty-hospital playing field, CMS will pay hospitals more for their more complex cases. Similarly it proposes to pay ASCs at 62% the rate of hospital outpatient departments. The industry is asking for 75%. Lobbyists are racing to the scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hospital Wars | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...once supposed, would provide a level playing field for businesses big and small, giving each the opportunity to reach a global market. But we know that isn't always the case. Driving large volumes of traffic to a website[an error occurred while processing this directive] has become a complex marketing challenge requiring lots of time and money. Seeking to redress the balance - at least as far as the travel industry is concerned - is worldhotel-link.com. Originating in 2002 as a project conducted under the auspices of the World Bank to help small and medium-sized hotels in the Mekong area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small World | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...Ways and Means Committee oversees Social Security legislation. Most people say you'll either have to raise taxes or cut benefits to keep the system solvent. Do you agree? I guess you would call extending the [retirement] age reducing benefits, but it's a very complex problem. One of the difficulties about Social Security is that if you start talking about the pain, then you lose the political will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Charles Rangel | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

...where most characters are cartoons, Van Niel portrays Ralph with sincerity and depth. He sings with feeling and a face that begs for sympathy, winning the hearts of the crew. Hill returns as Captain Corcoran, Commander of the H.M.S. Pinafore, another slightly ridiculous older man, though a somewhat more complex one this time. In “My Gallant Crew,” one of my favorite songs of the night, the sailors welcome their captain as a much-loved coach. Throughout the opera, Hill’s expression wavers between happiness and anxiety—fitting for the slightly...

Author: By Madeline M.G. Haas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Pinafore' Cast Sets Sail to Success | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

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