Word: dying
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THOMAS CLAYTON WOLFE received the first copy of his first novel, Look Homeward, Angel, on his 29th birthday. In it, he developed a theme: "that men are strangers, that they are lonely and forsaken, that they are in exile on this earth, that they are born, live and die alone...
While private insurers appear to be willing to pay for Retrovir, what worried many at last week's rally was the large number of AIDS patients who / have no insurance. Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman of California shares the concern: "I don't think it's right to let someone die because they don't have private insurance or the financial resources to pay for the drug." Waxman is seeking $60 million in the 1988 budget, and $30 million this year, to help purchase drugs for indigent AIDS victims. If approved, these funds could help patients like Archie Harrison...
...traditional nursing home is more than $1,800. But the cost of living at San Antonio Gardens, when all fees are prorated over the typical life expectancy, averages just $1,100 a month. The company is able to charge such comparatively reasonable rates because about 70% of the residents die before they need full-time nursing care. San Antonio maintains a $900,000 investment fund to cover cases in which residents outlive their savings...
Having raised the specter of a foreign economic threat to U.S. security, however, Commerce Secretary Baldrige seemed reluctant to let the issue die down. Last week he called for a top-level Government review to decide on exceptions, where the "national interest is at stake," to a stated policy of unfettered foreign investment in U.S. business. The U.S. Senate also kept the microchip issue simmering. In a 93-to-0 vote, members passed a nonbinding resolution that urged U.S. retaliation against alleged Japanese violations of a 1986 agreement with Washington that was supposed to end unfair trade practices...
Steen and Turner's captors, who call themselves Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, said Monday that Steen might die within 10 days and promised to make his condition clear in a videotape by Thursday...