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Over the past ten years, the treatment of insulin-dependent, or Type I,* diabetes has undergone a quiet revolution. D.S.C.P. is one of several programs that have sprung up around the country to spread the gospel of this movement. Its watchword is tight control, or keeping a close rein on the disease so that the body can function as normally as possible at all times. In practice, this means a lot of hard work...
McFarlane, a former Marine officer, objected on principle to the fact that Nitze had "wandered off the reservation." He drafted a memorandum for Clark to send to Shultz, reprimanding Nitze for exceeding his instructions and asking Shultz to rein him in. McFarlane also questioned the military wisdom of giving up the Pershing II, which would leave the U.S. with only cruise missiles to counter the Soviets' ballistic...
Although the orignal hours will not be rein-stituted by Saturday, Salzer said that they may be by the end of the quarter. The Stanford Daily
girlfriends. Like most American girls, Lien fussed over her wardrobe. Her mother tried to keep the family budget in rein, but her father gave in readily to her Gidget-like pleas for movie and sewing money. In high school Lien ranked third on the honor roll...
...Eager to rein in the galloping costs of American medical care, many insurance organizations have begun offering incentives to patients who choose nonhospital surgery. "Anything we can do to keep people out of the hospital is a move in the right direction," says Larry Rodriggs, a spokesman for Blue Cross of California. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana last year began offering subscribers a new policy that would require outpatient care for 125 types of elective surgery, unless the patient could show that hospitalization was essential. Minnesota's Blue Cross and Blue Shield has a similar policy...