Word: hille
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...able to do all that they want and patients will not be able to obtain all that they seek. "When doctors were in control," says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman, "costs escalated. To control costs, some care has to be denied." Which is why the ongoing debates on Capitol Hill about managed care are currently stalemated: Neither party is able to come up with a for-profit system that will consistently cut costs and consistently enlarge care...
Years ago, I attended an event at Hickory Hill, Robert F. Kennedy's family home in Virginia. It was an award ceremony for a prize given by the family, and many of the family were present. After lunch, Ethel Kennedy rose to speak--something she rarely did--but her eye caught the sculpted head of her slain husband, which was the award, propped on the table. At that, she broke down in tears, but only for a moment. Seeing her falter, the entire family got up from their seats and rushed to surround her--Ted Kennedy, her children, cousins. They...
...viewers' kitchens? Minorities are best represented on workplace dramas (ER, NYPD Blue), but sitcoms, which focus more on family and society, tend to be colorless, color blind or awkwardly color conscious. (A rare exception is the wonderfully nuanced relationship between the Hill clan and Laotian next-door neighbors the Souphanousinphones on Fox's King of the Hill.) And if these casting decisions are injurious to minorities, they're insulting to whites, who the networks essentially imply are retrograde racists, years after warming to Jefferson, Huxtable and Urkel. And what if--God help us--they're right...
...Lunch on the hill tomorrow?" I inquired...
...Lunch on the hill tomorrow?" I inquired...