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...That leaves the LDP's old-boy network, as the Japanese themselves call it, to gather in the back rooms and pick the politico who'll try to restore the world's second largest economy to its former self. Do the Japanese need a better way? Perhaps, and eventually they may vote themselves into a real two-party system. But for now their prime minister will be selected by the leaders of the LDP's numerous factions, using their own private power-and-favor calculus. Meanwhile, voters are displaying little willingness to endure the tough measures -- such as pulling...
Even if they wanted to, most managed-care organizations aren't set up to gather such data; the computer programs needed to perform the necessary risk analyses are very different from those used for billing. Nor is there an independent governing body that could do the job. Currently, the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the nearest thing to an industry watchdog, issues rudimentary report cards on more than 300 different managed-care plans. Although it used to get most of its funding from the health-care industry, it has received only 40% from that source in recent years...
...Airbus is spending $9 billion to develop a plane it calls the A3XX and promises to roll out the monster by 2004. Boeing says its own "medium-large" 767s and 777s can easily connect cities such as Cincinnati, Ohio, and Frankfurt, Germany, eliminating the need for superjumbo jets to gather passengers from around the country at hub airports like New York City's J.F.K...
Weld residents will still have adequate room to gather, Sparagana said. Besides the Weld Common Room, there is an observatory that will soon get new furniture and a study room in Weld basement, she said...
...house will gather round the big screen in the JCR as we did [three] years ago. We'll celebrate with Elizabeth and wish her luck," said Eugene C. McAfee, AllstonBurr senior tutor in Lowell House...