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Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration. With the annual federal health-care tab at more than $140 billion and increasing at more than twice the rate of inflation, the overseer of Medicare and Medicaid will to , have to perform surgery to contain costs. Doctors are already howling over caps on fees, and the National Leadership Commission on Health Care, which found that billions of dollars are wasted annually on services that are not needed and do not work, has just recommended further cuts. The burgeoning long-term medical needs of an expanding elderly population further complicate...
...Rosemary Farm in Santa Maria. May has announced that 100,000 of his hens are now laying eggs with 55% less cholesterol than standard specimens. Instead of the 274 mg long considered to be standard for large eggs by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, May reports that his eggs contain a mere 125 mg of cholesterol. They also contain about 25% less sodium, according to May, whose figures are corroborated by the California state department of food and agriculture...
...According to the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Md., the high cholesterol counts that have given ordinary eggs their bad reputation may have been wrong to begin with. Using newer methods of testing, researchers at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven have found that conventional eggs contain between 172 and 232 mg of cholesterol, instead of the 274 previously measured. That would place them somewhat closer to the count of Rosemary Farm eggs. So even if the brave new eggs have yet to reach the neighborhood market, Americans may feel just a litle less devilish the next...
...presence of asbestos in many Harvard buildings prompted a major effort at William James Hall to remove and seal off insulation. Harvard discovered the problem and took some corrective measures; experts brought in by Harvard say the University's clean-up has largely worked. While many Harvard buildings may contain unsafe levels of asbestos, the University has shown a willingness to address the problem...
These three sections of the Dictionary of the Khazars contain all surviving information on a fourth language and culture, the language and culture of the Khazars. A fictional tribe created by Pavic, the Khazars flourished in Asia Minor until around the eighth century A.D., when, upon conversion to one of the three major religions, their nation and culture disappeared from the face of the earth. In Pavic's hands, the plight of the Khazars in the eighth century becomes a parable for the Middle East of today...