Word: professional
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THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. The American Medical Association is officially neutral now but preparing to go into opposition. Like some nonmedical allies, the doctors are worried about being pushed into rationing care. Specifically, they fear that government-enforced caps on insurance-premium increases will prompt insurers to cut costs by dictating...
But Kalkanis said he was comforted by Clinton'sreassurance that doctors were not the problem withthe health care system. "I'm somewhat relieved hemade an effort to emphasize that doctors weresomething good that should stay. He sent out amessage that he's not out to hurt the physiciansand the medical...
3) Strippers with hearts of gold, like Urbana Sprawl, who compares her profession to wing walking: "You're fine, long as you don't look down." And Monique Jr., who assures a nervous dancer, "It's a slumber party, hon. That's how come we're in our nighties."
"I declined at that time, concerned that adiscrimination suit would shadow my career in whatis primarily a male profession," Stanford wrote."I was also concerned about future monetary anddepartmental repercussions."
The A.B.A. is also trying to shine up the image of attorneys by encouraging them to do more pro bono work for needy clients. Lawyers are already doing more than the public realizes, says Scanlon. "Our profession gives more donated services than any other profession."