Word: portioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lawyers, doctors and women in what might be called high-profile jobs (journalism, publishing, broadcasting, fashion) take an outsize portion of public attention, partly because they are attractive exemplars of what is possible. But it is at the nether end of the economic scale that the hardest battles are being fought, and it is there that the statistics begin to take on the proportions of a body count...
...HMOs, compensation to doctors for their services comes directly from the administrative office instead of the patient. Some HMOs automatically withhold a portion of medical fees and keep the funds in escrow until year's end. Then, if there is a surplus, participating physicians may get raises or bonuses. Doctors are subject to continuing scrutiny by their fellow physicians to ensure that they avoid expensive diagnostic tests that are not required. This encourages them to prescribe only what is necessary, thereby helping to hold down costs for everyone...
...amount paid into his account and the interest accrued has been recovered. Thereafter all Social Security payments should be subject to federal taxes. Those whose entire income is derived from Social Security would pay little. Affluent people, on the other hand, would be forced to return a substantial portion of their Social Security checks in taxes...
...Asian portion is no less ambitious, involving the rechanneling of Siberia's mighty Ob River and its major tributary, the Irtysh. The original idea was to carry the water south by building a canal some 1,500 miles long, perhaps by nuclear blasting. But that proposal drew so many objections in the West that Soviet planners are now talking of rerouting the water along old riverbeds revealed by satellite photographs...
...endowment may once again be able to keep pace with costs. The admissions office also stands to gain from the Harvard Campaign, now approaching $200 million. Aid officials say they have also been quietly assured that if the $250 million goal is increased, financial aid will claim a good portion of the addition...