Word: promptness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Pressuring Lieberman, however, might prompt him to leave the party, a move that would deprive Democrats of their 60th vote, not just on health care but on other issues like global warming and financial regulatory reform. That has led most of his colleagues to soft-pedal their persuasion. "I've talked to Joe several times," says Maryland Senator Ben Cardin. "I think he's interested in getting a bill done...
Sholem Postel, associate director of UHS, said last night that he had not seen the Harvard study, but said it was unlikely to prompt UHS to alter its plans...
...These debates about how many cases there are, are very important...a very widespread disease will prompt people to take many precautions,” he said. “If they are less worried, they will take fewer precautionary steps that they might not have done...
...excitement has nothing to do with any natural emotional loyalty to educational institutions or their sports teams. I’ll be the first to admit that I simply don’t identify with whatever feelings prompt my friends at other schools to post rallying cries such as "Go Cats! F**k ’em up!" on their Facebook statuses. I cannot claim more than a moderate interest in football as a sport, and I probably won’t fall apart if Harvard doesn’t win the Ivy League championship. But the great thing about...
...enthusiastic about the potential for health-related nudges to help "bend the cost curve," the soaring costs of care that are bankrupting the Treasury. For example, Medicare and Medicaid patients who don't select their insurance plans could be defaulted into low-cost options, and computerized medical records could prompt doctors to prescribe generic drugs, while still allowing them to select name brands instead. The thinking is that they usually won't, and they usually shouldn...