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...publicly stated that health-care reform will "boost job creation," a claim that unnerves many of his advisers. What they know -- and what some of them fear Clinton has not been told -- is that the Administration's own preliminary computer-aided studies of the "employment effects" of health reform predict "significant" job losses...
...Communications, the second largest U.S. provider of long-distance service, and it closely follows U S West's $2.5 billion investment in media conglomerate Time Warner. Although the merger is praised by consumer groups because it could lead to lower phone rates and innovative products, many analysts predict that it will ring up even more industry turmoil as it reduces the boundaries separating long-distance and local telephone service. It will also bring AT&T into close competition with local telephone carriers, including the seven former Bell System companies, collectively known as the Baby Bells...
...years. Even with that burden, McCaw is expected to play a crucial role in AT&T's quest to conquer the emerging field of wireless communications. Almost all calls now originate or terminate on conventional wall-jack telephones (even if they are cordless within the home). But analysts predict that cellular-type phones will gradually replace hard-wired sets. That could mean trouble for local telephone companies, whose monopoly depends on phones remaining tied down to a small area...
...road to science is paved with good intentions. Gregory Aller had volunteered for an experiment designed to study the early years of schizophrenia, the onset of schizophrenic relapse, how to predict relapse, and how to determine who would and who would not be affected by withdrawal of medication. In the short term, that meant Aller would get medicine to make him well. But the long-range realities were harrowing. If he got well, the experiment would follow Greg as medication was withdrawn. If he then became ill, he could fall into the worst stages of psychotic relapse. Last March, Keith...
...huge issue, though, for a budget-strapped government. The experts predict that within the next seven years there will be a total of more than 3,000 cases of lung cancer and nearly 1,000 cases of prostate cancer among Vietnam veterans. Even so, Secretary Brown claims the potential cost will not affect his decision. Says he: "I am committed to taking a fresh look at the issue and to doing the right thing...