Word: long
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...LONG HE HELD THE PROCESS UP More than a month, then...
...LONG HE HELD THE PROCESS UP] 21 months, then the Prez appointed Hormel during a Senate recess...
...LONG HE HELD THE PROCESS UP] Two months, then Atwood withdrew his nomination...
This is a remarkably tiresome process. It's not just that they have a long history of mutual, top-of-the-lungs contempt to get past. It's that writer-director Joel Schumacher refuses to stick to what might have been his best point, which is how the singing lessons actually work. That's apparently too static for him, and we see very little of the pair working together. Instead, he focuses on the boringly brutal criminals who keep looking for their lost loot, on the cute vagaries of drag-queen life, on Koontz's messed-up romantic and buddy...
...always doubtful in view of the Senate's opposition, argue that United's move shows the bill is moot. "The market is far ahead of politicians," says Karen Ignagni, president of the industry trade group, the American Association of Health Plans. But proponents of the bill argue that as long as most HMOs resist going United's way--and they will until it is clear that the company can manage costs without micromanaging its doctors--patients will need the protection that comes from the threat of a lawsuit. "We need to codify [this] into law," says Republican Congressman Charles Norwood...