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...medicine. It won't make any one of us healthy," said Peter Calderone. Porter, now married, out of the priesthood and living in Minnesota, faces sex charges there and in Massachusetts. Last month the sluggish U.S. Catholic bishops made their first joint response after years of scandals, pledging prompt action on charges, removal of miscreants and care for victims...
...nice little holiday, commemorating the victory of the Maccabees over Greek aggressors a long time ago. But in the Jewish calendar, it's very much a minor event. It's not even mentioned in the Bible. And the specter of celebrating the holiday by swapping presents might prompt Hillel himself to spin in his grave...
Officials from the health services at all four schools say that appointments with most specialists first require a referral from a primary care visit. But while nonurgent cases often take a back seat for weeks at Harvard and Yale and Penn, Princeton students receive more prompt attention...
...achieve in his first 100 days -- or even his first 1,000 days -- in the Oval Office. Clinton declared last week that "the American people understand that these problems are of long duration and there won't be any overnight miracles. But I think they expect aggressive and prompt action," he added, "and I'm going to give it to them...
...ECONOMY. Everything else is secondary. He knows it, and the nation expects it. The question is how to deliver. After promising change and offering hope during the campaign, the President-elect is currently counseling caution and patience. Each bow to urgency (the people want "aggressive and prompt action, and I'm going to give it to them") is coolly qualified: "We didn't get into this mess overnight, and we won't get out of it overnight...