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...While both groups are talents, the heavy senior experience in The Game swings the pendulum Harvard...

Author: By Mackie Dougherty, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Position By Position, Harvard Will Have to Work for a Win | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...appears that the pendulum of managed care may be swinging back toward doctors and their patients. In a move that's being described as "extraordinary," UnitedHealth Group, the country's second largest health insurer, will announce on Tuesday that it plans to place more faith in its member doctors' diagnoses. The health plan, which insures more than 14 million Americans, spent $100 million in the past year scrutinizing doctors' recommended treatments, and, according to plan officials, ended up approving 99 percent of them. To trim these costs, executives have turned to a novel idea: Let the doctors decide what treatments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Accountants in the Operating Room? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...pendulum is swinging now in the right direction. There are clean rules and strict guidelines. The jig is up...the days of unregulated use of the casual payroll is over," Jaeger said...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University, Union Ink New Labor Deal | 10/13/1999 | See Source »

...debts. In addition, in many Asian economies there remain real questions as to whether corporate and government accounting books reveal the true state of affairs. Though some foreign investors have started to trickle back, "there remains great reluctance to do so," says Saporito. "We are witnessing an inevitable pendulum swing, but if Asian countries want to gain real momentum, they need to undertake reforms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia Dusts Off, But More Housecleaning Needed | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

After an ear of "depoliticization" and grapes in the dining halls, the pendulum appears to be swinging again. And the two council leaders--who worked to present a united front on Election Day-are now sending different signals on how the organization's time should be spent...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Progressivism Splits Seton, Redmond | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

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