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Access to certain parts of the Yard, like the East Yard, can be denied to students from the West Yard after a preset hour. Some first-years, unhappy with what they perceived as a damper on their social hours, successfully lobbied Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth S. Nathans, to extend visiting hours last fall...
...Over the long term, it is leaning toward a kind of indirect price control on doctors called a "budgeted fee for service." The reformers envision a health-care system in which almost every physician in the country will become part of a network, practicing under caps and within a preset budget. Even if not part of a formal health-maintenance organization, groups of doctors will join together to offer their services through a health alliance. In return, the doctors will be paid on a "capitated" basis, a fixed amount for each person served in a given time period, regardless...
Bush paid a high political price in exchange for this thin gruel. By pressing Tokyo to commit itself to purchase specific quantities of U.S. products, Bush abandoned his long-held free-trade principles for less competitive "managed trade," in which governments agree to pressure private industries to meet preset goals. Trying typically to have it both ways, the President repeatedly warned that any departure from free trade would damage the U.S. economy, which has become increasingly dependent on sales of American exports. Arriving in Washington on Friday, he denied that the Tokyo accords were tantamount to protectionism...
...billion of gross revenues at Atlantic City casinos. They are required by law to pay out a minimum of 83% of what they take in. But the bandits can be < characteristically stubborn, especially if you want them to hit. Many slotters claim the machines are preset to pay off in the beginning of a tournament and dry up as time goes by. "Most people do think that, but first of all it's illegal," says the casino's slot operations manager, Sandra Dierolf. "All our machines are closely checked by the Casino Control Commission and the Division of Gaming Enforcement...
...treatment of guests is overly deferential, his questions stultifying softballs. ("Let's talk about pet peeves," ran a setup for Kirstie Alley.) The talk on Carson's Tonight show may be programmed and artificial, but at least it gives the illusion of a real conversation. Hall seems tied to preset questions and often appears disconnected and unresponsive. Too many comments elicit a blank "mmm-hmmm," followed by an awkward silence...