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Healy, who agreed that the hospital would not be able to stay competitive without this expansion, said he was confident of the fiscal roundness of the move. "The benefits to me outweigh the risk on the fiscal side. I'm a believer, and I'm not easy to convince," he said...
...however, we look at Norplant as providing a fresh start for welfare women overwhelmed by the burdens of mother-hood, the positive benefits might outweigh the authoritarian aura that surrounds the government-sponsored use of Norplant. If we could assist mothers by packaging the insertion of Norplant with a program of education, counseling, and periodic medical checkups, if we could convince them to accept Norplant voluntarily, we just might be able to help them turn their lives around. This should be done, not with cash incentives that would increase their dependency on welfare, but with non-financial aid that would...
...explains Richard Mushotzky of NASA'S Goddard Space Flight Center, that a "cloud like this would have dissipated into space long ago, leaving nothing for us to detect, unless it was held together by the gravity of an immense mass." The unseen mass needed to perform this function may outweigh the amount of visible material by an astounding...
...success of the system in the Yard has convinced officials that the additional benefits of an electronic system would outweigh any inconveniences," he said. "[But] there has been no final definite decision...
...artful, can transcend mere policy and become an avatar of an era. What difference will the final ascension of the baby-boom generation make in terms of the American spirit, the cultural zeitgeist? The irresistible Kennedy parallel would suggest that the symbolism of a Clinton presidency could someday outweigh its concrete accomplishments. From fashion (a continually bareheaded J.F.K. decapitated the hat industry) to sports (touch football and 50-mile hikes) to dallying with movie stars (Marilyn Monroe suggestively cooing "Happy birthday, Mr. President"), Kennedy defined a style that was half Harvard and half James Bond. But J.F.K. spoke...