Word: referred
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Demographers somewhat inelegantly refer to the Baby Boom generation as "the pig in the python," a moving bulge that distorts and distends everything around it as it rumbles through the stages of life. Locked together in a crowded race, many Boomers have learned to use their elbows. The most outspoken members retain a kind of generational arrogance epitomized by Stockman's egregious assertion in his newly published memoirs (The Triumph of Politics; Harper & Row) that the so-called Reagan Revolution was in fact not Reagan's: "It was mine...
...place is the Signet Literary Society--or Siggy as its members affectionately refer to it--and for the last 116 years in its quaint yellow cottage on Dunster Street has been a better gathering place for some of the Harvard intelligentsia, than Ticknor Lounge, and yes, even better than Adams House...
...Justice Department has 90 days to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the case and decide whether to refer it to a three-judge panel. That court would make the final decision on whether to name an independent counsel...
...Medicare reimbursements too low, and billing restrictions grossly unfair. In protest, physicians refused to treat patients or accept new cases. A new terminology came into vogue, as orthopedists threatened a "Day X"--a day when they would cease to provide services. Journalists coined the term "pseudo-unions" to refer to Massachusetts chapters of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists...
Peer counseling groups will only listen and give information when asked, and will otherwise refer patients to proper medical attention. "It's not our role to make decisions for people," she said...