Word: goode
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...superstitious about calling it a miracle: I don't want to invite further attention from the evil eye. But let me whisper that as far as I am concerned, the news about gene therapy is very good...
...THERE BE LIGHT There is good news for families on both sides of the church-state divide. A broad coalition of religious, educational and civil-liberties groups agreed last week to encourage schools to make study about the Bible "an important part of a complete education." Log in at http://209.130.44.53/bps/bpsfaguide01.htm for the guidelines they developed to help teachers include academic instruction about the Bible in literature and history courses, without proselytizing. Developing better teacher training is the next step, says the National Bible Association...
...points to the preordained ending, in which everyone learns to get along with everyone else. De Niro's is a carefully studied performance, which pretty much concedes the screen to Hoffman's showy mix of transgression and tenderness. He's fine, but Flawless is a cause lost to feel-good cliches...
Precertification has been used extensively in the '90s by managed-care companies to control costs. It seemed like a good idea at the time. In theory, having doctors justify their decisions would make them sensitive to the costs of care. But in practice the system evolved into an expensive bureaucracy. When United reviewed its precertification program, it found that it cost the company $100 million a year--and still United was approving 99.1% of all decisions...
...consultations with faceless "virtual" doctors. By law, you don't have to actually see a physician to get a prescription from him. But if the site isn't asking enough questions about you and your family's medical history, your prescription may end up doing you more harm than good...