Word: lowered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years Sol Feldman, 81, of Tamarac, Fla., successfully treated his hypertension with the prescription drug Hyzaar. Then his HMO was sold to another company, and the new plan insisted he use a lower-cost substitute. "I took it for about a week, and my pressure went sky high," Feldman recalls. When the HMO refused to let him go back to Hyzaar, he switched to another plan that covered it. A few months later, however, the new HMO also dropped its Hyzaar coverage. At $79 for a month's supply, Feldman couldn't afford to pay for the prescription...
...Board of Education lowered the test standards so that more students could pass. Then, at the delayed prompting of Gov. A. Paul Cellucci (fully aware of possible election-year fallout should he not take action), it reconvened to restore the scoring system to its original, more rigorous level. The interim commissioner of the board, Frank Haydu, a proponent of the lower standards, resigned last week, rather than face more interference from the governor and Board of Education Chair John Silber...
...hard-liners and Communists that dominate the lower house, unhappy with Yeltsin?s presidency and loath to impose new taxes on Russians who already wait months for their paychecks, can?t be counted on to hurry on their president?s behalf. Meanwhile, Yeltsin, who has been courting French and German leaders for additional financial assistance, is facing a new and potentially crushing round of bond payments that are coming due in July. As Russia?s Central Bank spends mightily to support the ruble and court foreign investors, Yeltsin?s best argument with the IMF may be his country's sincere...
WASHINGTON: Ken Starr lost Webb Hubbell last week and still doesn't have Monica, but he got a consolation prize from the courts on Tuesday: The Secret Service is one step closer to singing. A federal appeals court rejected the service's plea to remain silent and seconded a lower court decision that if a previously nonexistent "protective function privilege" should indeed exist to keep presidential security tight, it is up to Congress to create...
...been longing to sell a stock that you haven't held long, you might soon get a break. Today stocks must be held at least 18 months to qualify for the lower capital-gains tax rate, which is usually 20%. But that holding period will be reduced to 12 months under a $13 billion tax bill that President Clinton agreed to sign last week...