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...great advantages, you might think arthritis sufferers would besiege their doctors and pharmacists for these medicines. But there is one very serious side effect to all of them: the expense. Traditional NSAIDS can cost as little as 20[cents] a pill; the new COX-II inhibitors, by contrast, will set you back about 15 times as much. As for Remicade, the first year's supply is expected to run about...
RICHARD SCRUGGS Attorney-hero of The Insider has new target: HMOs. But should lawyers set national policy...
...city too busy to hate," but it's not too busy to quarrel about the mayor's pugnacious strategy for battling the Southeastern Legal Foundation. That conservative group filed a federal lawsuit in August alleging that the city discriminates against white males by requiring prime city contractors to set up joint ventures with minority- or female-owned businesses. Tucker supports affirmative action, but she complains that Campbell has abused the program by showering lucrative contracts on his wealthy black supporters. She argues that courts have become so hostile to affirmative action that spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend...
Bush can also take comfort in the state's affection for front runners--particularly those named Bush. In 1988, George Bush's tactician, Lee Atwater, set up a "fire wall" in South Carolina, building up such support that the Governor's father was able to bury a threat from Bob Dole. And unlike New Hampshire, which takes pride in wobbling the status quo, South Carolina has regularly put a warm arm around the party establishment's candidate and eventual G.O.P. nominee. It saved Dole after Pat Buchanan's surprise New Hampshire victory...
...jazz, blues and gospel artists, including Basie, Sidney Bechet, Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Big Joe Turner. Both concerts are available for the first time on CD, in digitally remastered sound, with 23 previously unreleased tracks thrown in to sweeten the pot. This three-disc boxed set is a platinum mine of great American music...