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...company would cover some 23 million and earn $300 million in profits within 18 months by creating revenue and reducing expenses. Some jobs would be cut, but Aetna refused to say how many. "It would be irresponsible to throw out a lost jobs estimate before we do all our homework," said Aetna spokesman Fred Laberge. The merger is the latest in a series of moves by Aetna to secure a prominent place for itself in the lucrative field of managed health care. Last November, Aetna announced that it was selling its property-casualty operations for $4 billion to Travelers Group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aetna Acquires an HMO | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

Though the bulk of the course requirements lies in a final 20- or 25-page "semester project," it is not unlikely that students will do some of their homework on Saturday nights...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Like Ike and Love Lucy but Adore This Class | 3/13/1996 | See Source »

...appreciate the efforts of Memorial Hall/Lowell Hall Complex officials to try to make the commons more than just a place to do homework or grab a bite to eat. The coffee house already plays a wide range of good music on CDs; with live performances, it becomes an even more suitable place to relax and talk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Commons Events Lend Atmosphere | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

...were tough and slovenly--and we studied Greek: Studs Lonigan with brains. We did three hours of homework a night and drank too much beer on weekends. We hitchhiked or rode the streetcar and bus to North Capitol and Eye streets, to a neighborhood called Swampoodle. Gonzaga was a proud but touchy school in a squalid neighborhood, with a whorehouse across the street (a source of some entertainment in Latin class, when we would translate Virgil and through the window covertly watch the women emerge to stretch and take the morning sun on their stoop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: PAT'S SCHOOL DAYS WITH THE POPE'S MARINES | 2/26/1996 | See Source »

...love the whole tall tale aspect," says Haig. "I mean, the homework is reading about Cu Chulainn taking on all of Irish civilization while his fellow Ulstermen are asleep. It's never a hardship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Irish Mythology Thrills Lit. and Arts Students | 2/4/1996 | See Source »

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