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...economy, and we haven't done anything fundamentally to restrain spending." Even worse, to Gramm's mind, is the inclusion of new programs--like the $24 billion set aside for states to provide health care for children who have no insurance--that are being sold as fiscally prudent. "The new spending programs are like baby hippopotami now," Gramm explains, relishing every syllable. "They're small and they're cute. But in five years each of those baby hippopotami will be a big, ol' ugly hippopotamus...
Earlier in the year, coaches who run practices on the river said they treated the problem with "prudent awareness," but were not altering their practice schedule...
Another nudged senior, who described herself as "prudent," said: "The bottom line is, I decided not to mail in any names because I decided it was probably a cruel joke and they did it to see if I'd put them on my list and that there was no real interest...
Besides this senior, who was too prudent to give her name, would prefer to "let the chips--not computer chips--fall where they...
...hospital for women giving birth. That response has opened the floodgates to a much broader effort to force reform. Though Republicans are so far cool to any sweeping legislation, some more narrowly targeted proposals are picking up bipartisan support. One such bill, introduced in February, would set a "prudent layperson" standard for emergency-room treatment: an insurer must pay for any condition a layman reasonably fears is an emergency, even if it turns out to be a false alarm...