Word: opt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sounds sly it is at least forgivable. No one would wish to adhere their own life story to Hoffmann's imagery. Even though he wrote a full century before Freud, Hoffmann packs The Sandman with towers, telescopes, eyes and other symbols of male genitalia which Freud would later co-opt for his Hauptthema. Bergman dodges any unfavorable associations and perhaps inaccurate parallels by altering his artist's sexual neuroses altogether from Hoffmann...
...Medicare trust fund but for general government revenues, making them available to offset the G.O.P. tax cut. Senate majority leader Bob Dole's plan, released a day after Gingrich's, does a better job of making the numbers add up by offering both carrots and sticks. Seniors who opt to stay in traditional Medicare would see their out-of-pocket costs go up even more than under the House plan; those who choose less costly options would receive more generous rebates from the government...
...council may opt to discuss the relative merits of shopping period again this year...
House Republicans formally unveiled their long-awaited and politically risky proposal to overhaul Medicare--a sketchy blueprint full of wiggle room that provides few details of where the G.O.P.'s $270 billion in desired savings will be realized. The proposal would allow seniors to opt for HMOS and private insurance plans (with the government footing the presumably cheaper bill) or to stay with the traditional fee-for-service program and face increasing premiums (including even bigger increases for affluent seniors). The unveiling of the proposal didn't stop Democrats from renewing some familiar criticisms--namely that the Medicare cuts...
...University needs to make up its mind. It should either demand the entire league is held to the same standards (and be competitive), or opt out of the formulaic exceptions and declare it will accept students on a basis with which its admissions office feels comfortable. At least let the students, alumni and others know what is really going on and force the administration to be clear about its actions and its goals...