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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...next bill was rather tame, except for a call to Lander, Wyoming. Although the charge was for only 10 cents, none of us could recall dialing there. None of us had even heard of the place. So my roommate Eric decided to call the number and find out whom they knew at Harvard. He tried hard to communicate with them, but unfortunately they spoke only German. None of us did, and the fellow was convinced Eric was a prank caller and hung...
...Before I came here a number of people said to me `Whatever you do, don't be head tutor,'" Peterson says. "Junior faculty are not reticent enough about accepting responsibility...
...number of Egyptians increases, people have spilled out of the cities in search of housing. The Giza Plateau, once far from urban sprawl, now lies almost in the shadow of modern apartment buildings. Nearby factories and old vehicles spew forth noxious clouds of particulate-laden exhaust, which becomes corrosive when dissolved by rain. Vibrations from traffic produce cracks in the monuments. More serious still is the damage caused by water. An estimated 80% of Cairo's incoming water supply escapes from leaking pipes into the ground. And the aging sewerage system, built 75 years ago to serve a population...
...parents? Or to use that money for prenatal care that may enhance the life expectancy of fetuses being carried by 150 expectant mothers? To most Americans, the either/or aspect of the question is morally repugnant -- surely the leader of the democratic capitalist world can afford both. Yet a growing number of health experts argue that the U.S., in fact, no longer has the financial resources to provide unlimited medical treatment for all those who need it. The only solution, they say, is rationing health care...
...Oregon lawmaker opposed to the bill is Democrat Tom Mason. "You can't approach medicine merely as the greatest good for the greatest number of people," he says. "If we do that, why should anyone take care of you after a horrendous traffic accident?" A fair question, since it points to the medical reality that what is merely an option for one individual can be a life-or- death matter for another. Still, until the U.S. is ready for the huge fiscal sacrifices that would make complete medical care available to all, some form of rationing -- with rules clearly established...