Word: pushes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chief health-care idea is Medical Savings Accounts, which unsurprisingly bestow new rewards on those whose good health might well be termed an accident of birth. His plan would push people toward catastrophic-protection insurance polices with very high deductibles--say, $3,000. Medical bills up to this amount would be paid from tax-free accounts into which employers and employees contribute. Since people could keep what they saved below the $3,000 and invest it tax-free like an IRA, they'd have every incentive to be smart medical shoppers...
Rimm cautioned that "there has been a tremendous push to buy low-fat foods, but these foods are often highly processed...
...clear that the rest of society has come even as far as the N.B.A. The push for AIDS awareness among schoolchildren inspired by Ryan White has run into stiff resistance from conservative parents who don't want any discussion of sex, safe or otherwise, in the schools. The blatant discrimination that AIDS sufferers faced in the 1980s may have eased somewhat, but the stigma has not gone away. Witness the meanspirited provision Congress passed last week requiring armed-services personnel with HIV to be discharged from the military, even if they are otherwise in perfect health. President Clinton is expected...
Hyman pointed to the decision last semester to back Phillips Brooks House and the push for universal key-card access as the council's most significant achievements...
...best route in the final days before Monday's Iowa caucuses. Instead of attacking his opponents, Dole preached the virtues of experience and conservative leadership to a crowd of supporters in Ottumwa. On Thursday, his tracking polls showed his support hovering around 22 percent. A strong late push had Pat Buchanan tied with Steve Forbes at 16 percent, and Lamar Alexander was running fourth at 12. The big surprise of the week came from Buchanan, who got a big bounce in the polls after his surprise defeat of Phil Gramm Tuesday in the Louisiana caucuses. Buchanan's jump was good...