Word: detective
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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President Carter has punctiliously stayed out of Billy's affairs; there is no strain between them, say the President's friends. Amateur Freudians believe they detect some snarls in Billy's mind-an almost angry competitiveness, a neglected brother's attention-getting exhibitionism and so on. Whatever the brothers' relations, the White House may instinctively understand that Billy in certain ways is good for Jimmy. One of the most flattering rumors ever circulated about George Washington had it that, in order to warm up his soldiers while crossing the Delaware, he told a dirty joke...
...blame for that disaster and emerged from it scarred but, in a sense, enlarged. How Carter now concludes the Lance affair may well determine not only how bad his scars will be but also how capable he is of growing in the presidency. Blaming others for having failed to detect Lance's flaws, or denying that the appointment was a mistake, would do him no good and could damage him further. But if Carter were to assume full responsibility, and if he were to admit that his "Bert, I'm proud of you" statement was a blunder, he could conceivably...
Starting next January all Blue Cross groups will be required to cast a prosecuting attorney's eye on hospital records to detect abuses and outright fraud. Records will also be screened to determine such things as whether the medical treatment given was necessary and whether the patient was kept in bed longer than required-a common device for upping hospital bills. The carrot-and-stick part of the program involves trying to persuade hospitals to draw up accurate budgets a year in advance and then to abide by them. Blue Cross will pay the agreed sum. If a hospital...
Jake Dukker is easy to detect as a likable fraud. But a likely candidate for the murder is more difficult to find. The vote here was for Delaney's cute wife, but it was wrong...
...planes have unloaded about 700,000 gal. of phosphate flame retardant on the fire, at a cost of nearly $4 million. To plot where and when the flames will strike next, experts use airborne sensors that detect where the fire is burning fastest and computers that analyze information about terrain and weather forecasts. With no rain in sight, the battle is expected to continue for many more days...