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Bleary-eyed first-year doctors have long wandered the hallways of America's teaching hospitals, spurred on by superiors determined to subject their prot?g?s to the same 36-hour shifts they endured in years past. In one city, at least, this brutal, long-standing tradition could be on its last legs. On Tuesday, residents and interns at the Boston Medical Center voted 177 to 1 to be represented by a federally protected union. And while these interns and residents were already considered union members by the hospital, they were not protected by federal labor law - largely because the National Labor...
...residents' union can give interns a stronger voice to negotiate more humane work schedules and can force hospitals to the bargaining table," wrote TIME contributor Dr. Ian Smith about the board decision last month. Now that process appears to have started - and for America's patients, better-rested, less-harried residents could be just what the doctor ordered...
...arrests in Jordan and at the Canadian border immediately sparked official speculation over the possible involvement of Bin Laden - and that's the best possible news for the Saudi terrorist financier accused of masterminding last year's bombing of two U.S. embassies in East Africa. Terrorism's success is measured not by territory captured or casualties inflicted, but by the extent to which it's able to terrorize and demoralize its target population. Forcing Americans to stay away from millennial celebrations around the world, and even in their own home towns, is a psychological victory for the terrorist mastermind...
Their owners love them - sport utility vehicles and light trucks now make up almost half of the vehicles on American roads. They also inspire a lot of animosity: They're big, they terrify sedan drivers and they pollute more than cars. But that last complaint is about to change. On Tuesday, President Clinton and the Environmental Protection Agency are announcing tough new emissions standards that will apply not only to cars but also to the ubiquitous family of Explorers, Expeditions, Range Rovers and the like. The institution of these new standards, to be required in all 2004 models, will...
...will be borne by oil refiners and automakers. "The car makers were actually reasonably happy with this deal," says Alexander. "They can share the burden of expense and responsibility with the refiners." The automakers' joy is inconsequential, of course, when compared with the joy of sedan drivers everywhere: At last, owners of SUVs will be brought into line with everyone else. Now if only they could be made safe enough not to crush poor little Hyundais...