Word: dipped
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...billion. True, it has been divided among swarms of children, grandchildren and in-laws. But like his daughter-in-law Jackie, Joseph Kennedy was a believer in "generation-skipping" trusts. His grandchildren John Jr. and Caroline undoubtedly are enjoying the income from a fortune that their parents could not dip into...
Hardy souls who crave still more detail on the current tobacco wars may want to dip into The Cigarette Papers (University of California Press; 539 pages; $29.95), a new study of the Brown & Williamson documents that were leaked to antismoking activist Stanton Glantz. Next month will also see the publication of Smokescreen: The Truth Behind the Tobacco Industry Cover-Up (Addison-Wesley; 288 pages; $22) by New York Times reporter Philip J. Hilts...
...show, however, MST3K may be kaput. Citing a ratings dip, the Comedy Central network first cut the number of episodes from 24 a year to a paltry but precious six, then banished the show to hours appropriate only for Psychic Friends Network infomercials (2 a.m. weeknights, 7 a.m. Sunday and the big prime-time slot, 5 p.m. Saturday). Late last year Doug Herzog, the new president of Comedy Central, said the network was not picking up the show. Negotiations to devise a new format were unfruitful; two weeks ago, Herzog gave Best Brains, MST3K's production company, permission...
...result, say critics, patients will have to dip into their pockets to obtain the services they really need--or go without proper care. "You are going to see lower utilization of high-cost procedures, fewer lab tests, less radiology activity and a very noticeable drop in mental and behavioral health," says Elliot Pollack, an attorney with Pullman & Comley, a Connecticut firm that represents health-care providers such as Bridgeport Hospital. "Managed care has too much market power...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: House Republicans used toady's IRS deadline to score some points with voters by introducing a vote on a Constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority of Congress to increase federal taxes. Republican sponsors say the amendment will make it harder for politicians to dip into the pockets of American families, but Democrats suggest it is political grandstanding. "It is a gimmick, something to bring up in a reelection speech," says TIME's Karen Tumulty. "Republicans are not actually trying to amend the Constitution. They want to drive home the point that they are serious about not raising...