Word: paperwork
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...attempts to develop a standard aimed at reducing the incidence of conditions like carpal-tunnel syndrome, an inflammatory wrist ailment triggered by repetitive motion. The victory was won even before the agency had a chance to issue the proposed standards for discussion. UPS called the regulations "intrusive, expensive [and] paperwork producing" in an influential letter to House members. The Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research group that monitored the battle, pointed to UPS's central role in fending off the standards...
...ANGERED BY YOUR ARTICLE "KNOWing When to Stop." We doctors know when to halt medical treatment. However, our hands are tied. If we stop treating, we are sued, taken to court and, in some cases, jailed. Navigating the paperwork, ethics committees and legal issues of withdrawing support requires more heroics by the physician than continuing treatment. To blame physicians for the money spent in the last six months of life is like blaming the Marines for the decisions made by the generals. CHARLES E. WHITING, M.D. Glendale, California...
...quite a commitment I'm making at the moment," she says uneasily as she completes the final paperwork at a Brookline office...
...event that a technician inadvertently leaves a document in a subject's room, all paperwork is labelled with a "lab time" that disguises the actual time and does not rely on a.m. and p.m. distinctions...
Basically, the student loan program used to be rather inefficient. The federal government would guarantee student loans made by banks, who enjoyed a generous subsidy and often ignored defaults because they were insured by Uncle Sam. Also, this system generated a great amount of paperwork for colleges and students...