Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Under Immigration procedures, Marielitos who admitted to a criminal record at the processing centers three years ago were frequently imprisoned, though often temporarily. Many street-smart Cubans did not own up to their pasts, however, and have been at liberty. "The Government locked up people who confessed to minor crimes and political offenses," asserts Attorney Myron Kramer, one of the lawyers representing the detained Marielitos. An estimated 100 of the imprisoned Marielitos may be Cuban intelligence agents...
Almost before anyone realized it, a minor incident had exploded into an all-out fight between the Lebanese army and the Shi'ite Amal militia. When the army moved into Amal strongholds in Beirut's southern suburbs, masked gunmen representing several Muslim factions took control of their neighborhoods in West Beirut, sending civilians scurrying to the safety of their homes. Armed with rocket-propelled grenades, AK-47 assault rifles and light mortars, they attacked Lebanese army guardposts, barracks and convoys. In response, the Lebanese army dispatched 10,000 troops, backed up by tanks and armored personnel carriers...
...growing number of patients in need of minor surgery, the overnight stay in a hospital room, the wobbly-kneed walk down a long, sterile corridor, and, most important, the enormous bill after ward, are things of the past. About 150 outpatient surgical centers around the country now offer fast opera tions in a relaxed environment at a fraction of hospital prices...
Traditionally, minor operations like those now performed at surgery centers have provided hospitals with revenues that could subsidize less profitable services, like open-heart surgery. But the American Hospital Association has taken no stand against the rival movement. Says A.H.A. President Alex McMahon: "We in the hospital industry can't object to quality surgical centers just because their procedures are less expensive to the patient...
...have," says Chris Wurster, a spokesman for Denver's Lutheran Medical Center, which is building a $14.6 million outpatient surgical wing. The competition between conventional hospitals and surgical centers is fierce, but the winners, most observers agree, are the patients, who now have more and better choices for minor surgery than ever before. - By Claudia Wallis...