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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Smiles from children are the gas that keeps me going. Thus I wear funny ties, watches and socks, hide finger puppets in my desk drawers and try to have other diversions in my rooms so patients won't be too anxious...I have special interests in asthma, infectious diseases, preventive medicine and high-risk newborns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MINNESOTA: TWIN CITIES' FRIENDLY PLANS | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

Back at his desk in Houston after the jump, he was rummaging for the names and addresses of all his new skydiving buddies so he could pay up on a penalty--one case of beer--because he'd dropped the rip cord instead of fixing it back on the patch of Velcro. Unwritten rule of the skyways: Recycle your equipment. His fellow jumpers didn't mind a bit, pronouncing his jump "perfect" for a novice. But Bush cared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSH'S FINAL SALUTE | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...objections to letting Tamraz in the White House. According to the Journal, he offered to send her a CIA report that would demonstrate that Tamraz had provided the agency with helpful information in the past. And several weeks later, a new CIA report landed on Heslin's desk, which Heslin claims she never requested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PIPELINE TO THE PRESIDENT | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

...Bell's Desk, no longer 24 hours but still a presence, gives you someone to smile at when you come home...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Making A House A Home | 3/21/1997 | See Source »

...abortions and forced through a bill identical to the measure vetoed by President Clinton last year. Winning House approval mostly along party lines, the bill's final tally was 295 to 136, enough to override a Presidential veto. If the proposed legislation passes the Senate and survives Clinton's desk, it would penalize anyone who performs the procedure with fines and up to two years in prison. While the bill found widespread GOP support, many House Democrats said it violates a woman's constitutional right to an abortion and does not contain provisions to protect a woman's health. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rematch | 3/20/1997 | See Source »

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