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When President Clinton announced Dr. Henry W. Foster Jr.'s nomination for Surgeon-General last week, the doctor's credentials seemed impeccable: an obstetrician/gynecologist for 30 years, he has delivered more than 10,000 babies and carries the endorsement of the American Medical Association...
...days after the nomination, however, it came out that Foster had performed abortions--fewer than a dozen, he said. That in itself drew criticism from key Republican figures such as Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole...
...style changes in exercise and eating habits. People should look for fun, easy ways to get more active every day. The key is for them to pick exercise activities they enjoy, because they are more likely to stick to them. Crash diets and fanatical exercise regimes simply do not foster adherence...
Liston says his new campaign strategy is only the first example of a commitment he would make, as the council's leader, to forge and foster bonds between council members and their constituents...
President Clinton nominated Henry Foster Jr., the former acting president of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, to replace ex-Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders. In an Oval Office address, Clinton ordered Foster to "help America attack the epidemic of teen pregnancies and unmarried pregnancies." Administration officials said they expected Foster to be far less controversial than Elders, whom Clinton sacked in December for saying school children should be taught about masturbation. But conservative activists were quick to note that Foster's health politics were strikingly similar to Elders', especially his eight-year-old "I Have a Future" program, which distributes condoms...