Word: duck
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...because the rules governing the delivery of care are unrealistic and wasteful, often requiring hospitalization, for example, where out-patient treatment would suffice. Moreover, many doctors refuse to treat Medicaid patients because of rock-bottom reimbursement and the snarl of bureaucratic rules. The program is also a sitting duck for thieves because of poor administration. Medicaid pays billions in fraudulent insurance claims for nonexistent patients...
...large, long-term memory is extremely credible," maintains Jill Otey, a Portland, Ore., attorney whose office receives five calls a week from women saying they have suddenly remembered childhood abuse. "I find it highly unlikely that someone who can remember what pattern was on the wallpaper and that a duck was quacking outside the bedroom window where she was molested by her father when she was four years old is making it up. Why in the hell would your mind do this?" Reflecting that faith, at least a dozen states since 1988 have amended their statute of limitations for bringing...
This is a role that history has assigned him. He cannot duck out of it, he cannot shift the mantle to Yale or Princeton. As President of Harvard, he has to provide a voice...
...thing is clear--a totally innocent person would not duck questions the way Clinton, who announced his candidacy for the White House last Thursday, has for months--and even years...
Many first-years were puzzled as to the meanings and creation of their own intramural team's name. When asked about the origin of the Canaday A "Fuzzy Ducks," resident Daniel White '95 answered, "I don't know what the hell a fuzzy duck...