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...mere 20% in that span, drug payments are expected to rise by 65%, dental-care bills by 100%, doctors' bills by 160% and general hospital costs by no less than 250%. The President contended that much of the projected increase is unnecessary, and results from an insurance setup that encourages both doctors and patients to choose hospitalization even when less costly forms of care would be equally effective. Also, health professionals are paid in proportion to services rendered, and hospitals charge on a cost basis. In neither case is there any incentive to economize or any penalty for inefficiency...
...fantasy require that five funny brigadiers-two Americans, two British, one French-have been captured by the Italians in a Tunisian Turkish bath. They are incarcerated in a luxurious villa, where the commandant is a former hotel manager and the guards behave like well-trained batmen. The setup is anything but escape-proof, but there they stay, having a lovely war, unable to agree on a plan because all have identical rank. Private Frigg, escape artist extraordinary, is summoned to spring the goldbricking generals by getting himself captured, and is given a spurious spot promotion that will enable...
Gorshkov's own status reflects the navy's elevation to a place of importance. His fleet ranks in the top troika of Russian weaponry, alongside the ICBM command, a separate service in the Soviet setup, and the air force strategic bombers. In the chain of command, Gorshkov reports directly to the Defense Ministry. He was elected to the Central Committee in 1961, became a Hero of the Soviet Union in 1965 and was promoted last year to the exalted five-star rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union, only the third to get that honor...
After the Larries' Dave Erickson's beautiful feed to John Makins gave the New Yorkers a 2-0 lead at 12:09, the hustling Slater caught Harvard unawares a second time. With St. Lawrence a man down. Slater stole a setup pass to the Crimson's Bob Carr at the Larrie blue line and went the length of the ice again. Diercks made what looked like a terrific sprawling block, but the puck trickled beneath his legs and into the goal...
Defenseman Ben Smith skated the length of the ice and swung the puck into the middle. Wing Pete Mueller carried an Eagle defenseman past the puck and Garrity zoomed in for a setup seven-footer...