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...Last year we didn't quite have that punch," Fish said...
...counter this, LeMay actually proposed "a nuclear Sunday punch," a pre-emptive strike against the Soviets. In 1949 he wanted to send an armada of U.S. planes, carrying the entire Los Alamos stockpile--numbering more than 100 atom bombs--to destroy 70 Soviet cities. It was out of fear that a hot-headed general like LeMay might be able to launch a nuclear attack on his own that the Kennedy Administration later instituted a complex chain of commands governing the use of nuclear weapons...
...situation faced by the nation's hospitals [MEDICINE, July 17]. In the midst of their economic struggle for survival, Congress has proposed reducing the growth of Medicare payments for patient care. While such a blow would diminish the financial strength of all hospitals, teaching hospitals could face the knockout punch of additional targeted reductions in Medicare's support for their medical-education activities. The triple whammy of the competitive marketplace, reduced Medicare reimbursements and significantly decreased federal support for medical education and research could force teaching hospitals to abandon their academic commitments. There is danger of a new kind...
...handles every punch that an over-acting Tom Arnold delivers with a measure of charm and humor that can't help but make an audience laugh out loud...
...Star Game despite the fact that he wouldn't be able to pitch because of a groin pull, and so were Ken Griffey Jr., Matt Williams and Ozzie Smith, All-Stars whose disabling injuries have further diminished the game this year. "For the fans to punch my name out, I had to be here," said Griffey. Not every player is as sentimental about the game. Darren Daulton and Lenny Dykstra of the Phillies blew off the Monday workout without telling anyone...