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Introspection, contemplation--of what, exactly? That may be beside the point; the common refrain here is the chance to reflect simply on this raucous, wildly overpromoted night. When Minneapolis, Minn., public relations executive David Feider thinks about this New Year's Eve, for instance, he fantasizes about absconding to a hideaway along Lake Superior to "stare at the moon, as far away from the rabble as possible"--to escape not Y2K-prompted food riots or the Four Horsemen but rather the omnipresent buzz over the event. "I can't really identify with it anymore," he says. "People are getting...
...last week the HMO world produced a surprising decision that could delay or derail that bill in Congress. United HealthCare, the nation's second largest managed-care company, pulled the plug on precertification. The company, which is based in Minneapolis, Minn., and covers 14.5 million Americans, is betting the move will improve the quality of care and its bottom line, and maybe even help convince Congress that the HMOs can heal themselves. Nearly everyone applauded the decision, but practicing physicians were cheering loudest. Says cardiologist George Rodgers, in United's Austin, Texas, pilot program: "It's just made my work...
Hailing from St. Cloud, Minn., Yenne was Central Minnesota Player of the Year in 1998. She ranks fifth all-time in the National High School Federation Sports Record Book for goals in a season, with 71 goals in her 1996 season at Pensacola (FL) High School, and is tied for the most goals in a game record in Florida, having scored eight in a game...
...Technology Centers. What's more, 40% of them plan to open new facilities or expand existing ones in the next three years. Already completed is the California Science Center in Los Angeles, launched last year. Two other major overhauls open next month, in Kansas City, Mo., and St. Paul, Minn. Each cost more than $100 million...
DIED. JESSIE FOVEAUX, 100, plainspoken great-great-grandmother who sold her first book, Any Given Day, at 98, for $1 million; in Duluth, Minn. On hearing of the sale of her memoir, which grew out of a writing class for seniors, she said, "I might just get myself a new dress...