Word: presbyterianism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many hospitals are redoubling efforts to recruit new nurses and keep the ones they already have. Through newspaper advertisements and job fairs, institutions hawk themselves with the zeal and in genuity of used-car salesmen. At Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, nurses willing to work nights for six months get a $1,200 bonus plus an extra week of vacation. At Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, nurses on the night shift can take a leased car in lieu of a pay differential. In apartment-tight New York City, Beth Israel Med ical Center...
Maxime Victory Rafransoa, 46, a native of Madagascar with impeccably ecumenical credentials: he was baptized a Congregationalist, raised a Presbyterian and confirmed a Lutheran. More important, in contrast to his flamboyant predecessor, Rafransoa is soft-spoken and diplomatic...
...Harding) has approached the White House with the attitude of Pope Leo X: "God has given us the papacy. Let us now enjoy it." On the other hand, as Carter proved, modesty of life-style does not automatically capture the nation's heart: James K. Polk brought a Presbyterian rectitude to the White House (he and his wife Sarah banned dancing and drinking), but such stern virtue did absolutely nothing to elevate Polk in the opinion of history. Chester A. Arthur went in for luxe, the best of everything, with roughly the same result...
...matter how many miracles doctors perform, coronary disease will never be brought under control unless the public pitches in. Says Cardiologist James Schoenberger, professor of preventive medicine at Chicago's Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center: "We can't solve the problem with beta or calcium blockers, heart transplants, coronary bypasses or other forms of palliative medicine. The only solution is prevention." Easier said than done. Doctors disagree about the best way to go about it. Also, prevention requires the self-discipline to break some bad habits...
Wallace refused all advertisements until 1955, when he lifted the ban rather than raise the price of subscriptions. Liquor ads were not accepted until 1979, and cigarette ads are still forbidden; In all he did, his wife, whose father was also a Presbyterian minister, was his support and his prod, and her influence was almost as great as his. In the early days, he was so timid that she often had to go to meetings with him. "Wally is the genius, all right," said a friend, "but Lila unwrapped him." He himself called her his "pillar of strength...