Word: sagas
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...saga of TPA is a glaring example of what some experts believe is a pervasive problem in American health care: how high-pressure marketing tactics by drug companies combine with the lure of a glamorous high-tech product to persuade doctors to adopt the latest medication, even when it offers no clear advantage. "Doctors are enamored of new technologies," says Dr. Stephen Schondelmeyer, director of the Pharmaceutical Economics Research Institute at Purdue University. "We have this attraction to 'new is better,' even though that is not always true...
...author is renowned for his widely-acclaimed book and television miniseries, Roots: The Saga of an American Family...
Last week, the raucous three-year saga ended quietly, as the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) rejected Schkolnick's final appeal, claiming a lack of jurisdiction to intervene in the matters of a private club. SWAT has been swatted, ZIP has been zipped and the Fly remains open--open to continue its antiquarian membership policies, open to perpetuate an elitist old-boy network, open to treat women like slabs of meat...
...ongoing saga in the Persian Gulf has further widened the gap between American and Israeli strategic goals. U.S. leaders can no longer view pro-Western Arab leaders as dispensable allies. Not when they form a key component of the international coalition that will shape George Bush's New World Order. Not when the free flow of Arab oil has moved to the forefront of American concerns...
...SECRET PILGRIM by John le Carre (Knopf; $21.95). So what if these related tales seem like outtakes from a story that has already been told? They are exciting reminders of Le Carre's fictional saga of postwar British intelligence, and best of all, they include the reappearance of George Smiley...