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...called heroic measures, such as expensive life | support for babies born after less than 23 weeks of gestation and weighing less than 500 g (1.1 lbs.). Nor will it pay for self-curing ailments -- now covered -- like the common cold, food poisoning, sprains and simple diaper rash. And, of course, the patient who needs spinal disc surgery, No. 588 on the list, may be out of luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oregon's Value Judgment | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

...crybaby, on the other hand, is the abject, manipulative little devil with the lawyer and, so to speak, the actionable diaper rash. He is a mayor of Washington, arrested (and captured on videotape) as he smokes crack in a hotel room with a woman not his wife. He pronounces himself a victim -- of the woman, of white injustice, of the universe. Whatever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nation of Finger Pointers | 8/12/1991 | See Source »

...conveniences of the electronic age! At a time when everything from diaper and sushi deliveries to kinky romantic trysts can be had with a few touch tones, yet another novel entry has arrived in this vibrant market-by- wire. Why spend hours traveling to the doctor's office, leafing through out-of-date magazines, waiting for the healer to spare a moment of precious, not to mention expensive time, when one can now get instant medical gratification over the phone? Why not simply dial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reach Out and Cure Someone | 7/22/1991 | See Source »

...today. Men have faced warping changes in role models since the women's movement drove the strong, stoic John Wayne-type into the sunset. Replacing him was a new hero: the hollow-chested, sensitive, New Age man who bawls at Kodak commercials and handles a diaper the way Magic Johnson does a basketball. Enter Alan Alda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay What Do Men Really Want? | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

Some disposable-diaper firms have tried to respond by introducing biodegradable diapers. But environmentalists insist that the new throwaways take up as much room in landfills as regular disposables and will degrade very slowly because of lack of oxygen and sunlight. Boasts John Shiffert, executive director of the National Association of Diaper Services: "We are the original curbside recylers. We're a natural solution to the problem of landfills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are You Ready for a Change? | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

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