Word: health
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...understand the gravity of the problems Mexico is facing. I do not think there is a real appreciation in the U.S. yet for what the tremendous drop in the standard of living of the Mexican people really means, what the drop in government spending on education, on health, on infrastructure really means for the country and the people. I do not think the U.S. understands how close Mexico is to the brink...
Besides offending women, the ad alarmed health groups because it seemed to give underage readers tips on how to redeem a coupon for free cigarettes. The ad was lambasted last week before the House subcommittee on transportation and hazardous materials, which is considering a tobacco-ad ban. James Johnston, the new chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, has apologized for the ad. Said he: "It will never run again...
...Squibb and Bristol-Myers a consolidation seemed a natural. It would weld Squibb's skill at research and development with its partner's worldwide sales force. "There is pressure on health-care costs throughout the world. U.S. companies are merging to obtain efficiencies of scale," says David Lippman, who follows the industry for Drexel Burnham Lambert...
Jaruzelski offered Walesa seven of 21 Cabinet posts, including Deputy Prime Minister and the ministries of health, industry, environment and housing. Again Walesa refused, on the grounds that only a Solidarity government would have enough support to carry out the tough austerity measures needed to ease Poland's economic crisis. A junior role in a coalition government would implicate Solidarity in that crisis without giving it the means to bring about significant change. "By remaining in opposition," said Walesa, "we can make sure that the government doesn't leave the road to reform...
...scene of the Sioux City crash nearly as fast as the doctors did. They were determined to head off a well-known postcrash problem: unscrupulous lawyers soliciting clients on the scene in violation of ethics codes. Representatives of the state bar set up an office at the health center where many of the survivors had been taken for treatment. Bar officials also placed an ad in the Sioux City Journal asking people to call if they knew of any unethical contacts by attorneys. None were reported...