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...these, seen in 70-mm and magnificently accompanied in stereo by Maurice Jarre's glittering music, are worlds away from the reduced-version, letterbox format to which they've been downgraded, albeit unavoidably, on video. The desert cinematography isn't as sensuously poetic as that of "The English Patient," which has evoked comparisons; but there's a stark grandeur to its vision that suits the nature of the story far better...
...YORK: After yesterday's public trashing by AT&T of outgoing president John Walters, TIME's Daniel Kadlec says the company's normally patient investors are growing restless. "CEO Bob Allen can't decide whether he's going to retire or stay. He can't decide on a successor. He has big merger plans (with Bell company SBC Communications), which the government won't let him carry out. Now he's coming out and saying, 'The guy I picked isn't smart enough for the job.' There's lots of room for investors to wonder whether this company will...
...home has no lock on the front door. But bring up hospital loyalties--an allegiance some Bedford families have solemnly passed down for three generations--and townspeople are likely to get agitated. "You don't get the care you need there," 86-year-old Martha Terrell, a Dunn patient of 50 years' standing, says of the institution she won't patronize. "Whenever anyone new moves to town, I tell them to be sure to come to Dunn...
...less effective. "Just because you can stay twice as long at Dunn doesn't mean it's better health care," Birdzell says. He adds that Bedford Regional's drug-selection policies are not cost-driven. It prescribes both TPA and streptokinase, for instance, depending on the specifics of the patient's condition. As for specialists, Bedford Regional says its HMO patients see them when appropriate, even though their use is carefully monitored. Actually, Bedford Regional argues, its more modern approach can be better. For example, the hospital is starting up a teleradiology laboratory that takes advantage of the fact that...
...chastened patient leapt at the chance for a reprieve. In his case, it appears to have paid off. One year later, a thorough examination of his blood and tissue shows that he is completely virus-free...