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...Antonia Novello--who replaced C. Everett Koop as the "national physician" in March 1990--said that half the children in junior high school and high school drink alcohol regularly, despite the national minimum drinking...
...piquant material. Billy Wilder recalls learning of the outbreak of World War I when his father ordered the afternoon entertainment in an East European coffee house to stop: "There will be no more music today. The Archduke Ferdinand has been just assassinated in Sarajevo." Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop describes getting a glimpse of Charles Lindbergh as he paraded up New York City's Fifth Avenue. The closer the series gets to present day, however, the more it overlaps with a hoard of other TV nostalgia fests. Do we really need another round of tributes to the idealism...
Fear of malpractice lawsuits drives doctors to perform many extra procedures to protect themselves against accusations of negligence. The A.M.A. estimates that defensive medicine adds $21 billion to the U.S. health-care bill every year. Other experts, including former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, believe the cost is several times that high. Some reformers think juries in malpractice cases share the blame by punishing doctors not only for shoddy practice but also for their human limitations. "Medical care is not always successful," says Aetna's Kelly. "But that doesn't mean the doctor should have to pay huge awards...
...years old. He stands five feet, 10 inches tall. He weighs 155 pounds. He's got Jack Nicholson's hairline, C. Everett Koop's beard. He attended the University of Miami, and he thinks he graduated, although he doesn't recall attending any classes at that fine institution...
...getting more interesting. With the audiences smaller and the stakes lower, the networks can afford to experiment more aggressively than they do during the regular season. So far this summer we've seen Norman Lear get religion (in CBS's Sunday Dinner); a former Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop, get a prime- time showcase (in five low-rated NBC specials); and CBS News invade the courtroom for a new reality series, Verdict. Three even more atypical offerings will debut in the next two weeks. Each would probably be regarded as too off the wall to be taken off the shelf...