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...Jack decided it is time to keep moving; Jack travels with Bat to Tombstone, the first of his many journeys. There, he sees Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, both mean and rather flawed heroes; Jack follows them to the Ok Corral anticipating trouble, and describes the misunderstandings leading to needless violence that happen in the legendary showdown...

Author: By Rheanna Bates, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: For Dustin Hoffman's Golden Years | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

Hsiao's more than 500-page report says that doctors prescribe needless antibiotics, overcharge and are under-regulated by the government...

Author: By Eric M. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SPH Expert Takes on Hong Kong Health Care System | 4/13/1999 | See Source »

Hsiao's more than 500-page report says that doctors prescribe needless antibiotics, overcharge for treatment and are under-regulated by the government...

Author: By Eric M. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SPH Professor Examines Health Care in Hong Kong | 4/13/1999 | See Source »

...South Side of Madison, Wis., where a graduate student named Paul Cardis is revisiting a former insurance processor named Delilah Bell. Five years ago, Bell's fiance died of drug- and alcohol-related pneumonia, leaving her to raise their four children alone. To Bell, his death was worse than needless. It was a betrayal, and alternating bouts of anger and despair reduced her to a state close to paralysis. "I would talk to my mother about it," she says. "And she would say, 'Just let it go.' I'd say, 'How can you say that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should All Be Forgiven? | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...Kids, apparently. So here is an animated feature that expands and dumbs down the story. There's some kung fu, a Jafar-style villain with satanic powers, a cartoon menagerie (funny monkey, majestic leopard, etc.), and lame comedy with a crudely drawn, Buddha-shaped fall guy. It's all needless--and harmless. But even with pretty, painterly backgrounds and the eternal lilt of the songs, this film has a limited target audience: six-year-old boys who want to be Michael Crawford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The King And I | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

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