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Word: moring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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For this fiscal year the cost of the distressed Health Service is estimated at $4.5 billion, more than 5% of the national income. But N.H.S. has far too much to do and too little money, facilities and manpower. Almost half of the 2,500 N.H.S. hospitals in England and Wales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Private Alternative | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

Often, their patience is sorely tried. There are more people on the N.H.S. waiting list for hospitalization for non-emergency procedures than there are beds (468,000). Genuine emergencies get prompt attention, but the average delay for a tonsillectomy is 22 weeks, and many patients must wait a year for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Private Alternative | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

Every British jobholder pays a weekly N.H.S. tax of 46? per man, 38? per woman and 26? per child. The added expense of private coverage, a minimum of $58 a year for a family of three to a top of about $166, once made it accessible to only a small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Private Alternative | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

Filene's has been in business for 61 years, and is testament to the curious fever that infects bargain hunters. Driven by the notion that they are saving while spending, they not only buy more than they need but, as Basement General Merchandise Manager James Gormley says, "they end...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Boston Supershoppers | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

9:05. Manager Gormley leaves his office to make last-minute checks with some of 800 employees. Eying crowds jammed behind restraining ropes at 13 entrances, he makes certain that nearby telephones are removed from their cradles. On more than one occasion, tense shoppers have stampeded when they mistook a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Boston Supershoppers | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

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