Word: repeatability
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...such stinging criticism, President Clinton announced last week that his Administration is cracking down on abuses in the 17,000 nursing homes across the nation that house 1.6 million of the old and disabled. "We are failing our parents, and we must do more," Clinton said. The President said repeat nursing-home violators need to be fined quickly and stopped from avoiding payment by pledging to fix the problem. He urged states to stop conducting nursing-home inspections during business hours at precise one-year intervals "so there is no time to hide neglect and abuse." And he wants more...
Wednesday, 6:15 p.m., Pristina airport. At every stop, Holbrooke holds impromptu press conferences to repeat the U.S. position to Kosovars: "We're trying to prevent this fighting from escalating into a general war," and autonomy, not independence, is the solution. His ability to work the media is legendary, but today false reports have gone back to Washington that his convoy has been shot at, and he has held an official meeting with the K.L.A., which would infuriate Milosevic. Standing on the runway, Holbrooke phones State Department spokesman James Rubin, catching him just before the daily briefing. The meeting with...
...broaden the context: never rise to a provocation, especially on that subject. Do not! Turn aside temptation. Go deeply Zen. Repeat a mantra. Think of Rhett Butler at Ashley Wilkes' place early in Gone With the Wind, when he confronts the naive Southern glory-talk. Clark Gable bows slightly and ironically and works his mouth in that sly, urbane way, saying, with a tricky formality of self-effacement, "I apologize for all my shortcomings...
...second impulse was to repeat what Jonah said when asked by the shipmates of his foundering skiff to identify himself: "I am a Hebrew, ma'am. And I fear the Lord, the God of Heaven, who made the sea and the dry land." But that would surely have got me sent to psychiatry rather than X ray. So I desisted...
...meet representing Harvard this past December, she decimated two school records, clearing 6'2" in the high jump and soaring 40'8 1/4" in the triple jump. By the end of the indoor season, Gyorffy would add Heptagonal and ECAC victories to her list of accomplishments--which she would repeat during the outdoor season--as well as a third place finish at the NCAA championship indoor meet...