Word: passes
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That there is a new opportunity for action is largely due to an irony that Hillary Clinton would surely appreciate: much of what people feared from her massive and intrusive health plan has actually come to pass without it. Americans gave the private sector a chance to come up with an answer, and it turned out to be not so different from the one government was accused of offering four years ago: a big, complicated bureaucracy. While most Americans with health insurance say they're satisfied with their coverage, 35% of those surveyed in a TIME/CNN poll complained about...
...G.O.P. campaign contributors) and limits on malpractice awards (which the Democrats and their trial-lawyer allies warn would prevent the injured from recovering what they are due). Says Republican Ganske of his leaders: "They have included a melange of controversial ideas to make sure the bill won't pass...
That suits many congressional Democrats just fine. "We're not going to pass a meaningless and toothless bill and say it's important," vows Senator Ted Kennedy. A bloody brawl over managed care may be the Democrats' best hope for winning back the House. Which may suit the White House for its own reasons. Clinton aides say that ever since the tobacco bill went down--after the President assented to Republican amendment after Republican amendment, only to see the G.O.P. kill the whole package in the end--Clinton has lost his appetite for dealmaking. Says a Clinton strategist: "It really...
This lavish system worked fine when the buyer was the U.S. government or a regulated airline that could pass the entire expense on to its passengers. But such customization no longer flies in an era of deregulated fare wars. Says Robert Hammer, vice president in charge of bringing Boeing production techniques into the 21st century: "This is the largest, most complex business-redesign effort in the world. And we should not be proud of that. It's like saying you've got the biggest spring-housecleaning job in town...
...Amount saved by the Queen's sister Princess Margaret by using a senior citizen's discount pass on a public train...