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...rich buying up government assets at bargain prices and two years ago financed Yeltsin's come-from-behind election victory. The reappointment of Chernomyrdin, the ponderous former natural-gas bureaucrat who was for years Yeltsin's most obedient Prime Minister, signals the intention of these rich men to obtain a government that will protect their ill-gotten assets...
...first glance, the Phillipses seemed prosecutable. Child-neglect laws in nearly every state make parents who fail to obtain medical treatment for their seriously ill children liable. However, a 1974 federal child-care program made funding contingent on the states' exempting faith-healing parents. That requirement no longer exists, but 41 states retain exemptions from local civil-abuse and -neglect laws. In Oregon, Arkansas, Delaware, Iowa, Ohio and West Virginia there are also exemptions from criminal homicide or manslaughter charges. Says Gustafson: "I've spent nights trying to figure out a way to bring the message to this church that...
...denied permission to land his seaplane in the waters along his route, he obeys. And when he's flying near the island of Carriacou and sees a "lost tribe of tarpon" in the sea below, he wants to "get the Albatross wet" but doesn't. "To even attempt to obtain permission ...we would have to fly back to St. George's and immerse ourselves in a nightmare of red tape." The author of A Pirate Looks at Fifty isn't a pirate at all. Never...
...July 20]. Transgender people, those whose deepest awareness of their sexuality doesn't correspond to the physical parts they were born with, are one of the most underserved groups seeking health care today. Fearing hostility at the doctor's office, they may not seek medical care. Or they may obtain hormones and sex-reassignment surgery on the black market, often with disastrous results. Health providers must educate themselves, so they can offer patients the nonjudgmental care they deserve. DEAN LABATE, Executive Director Michael Callen-Audre Lorde Community Health Center Transgender Health & Education Clinic New York City...
From the boardroom to the back-office fulfillment department, all kinds of Americans are finding out exactly the same thing--and doing the same thing about it. More than ever before, professionals in many fields are feeling the need to obtain fast doses of additional training to keep up with intense competition and accelerating rates of change. Consequently, more and more of them are taking short-term, practical courses at business schools and continuing-education institutions across the country. The numbers are huge and growing: between 40 million and 45 million people are taking classes related to their careers. With...