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...working psychologist. Today there are almost 100, working around the clock to make sure anyone who suffers stress, anxiety and depression knows at the very least where to find help. The military has little practice at being touchy-feely; many soldiers love the uniform because it acts as a shield against vulnerability, as a constant reminder of a mission far greater than individual sorrows or insecurities. Since the end of the cold war, old-line soldiers have grumbled that the military's warrior ethos has been lost. In the 1990s the Navy was ridiculed for giving "blue cards" to basic...
...lets patients construct their personal provider networks with 22 specialists, from a primary-care physician to a cardiologist. HealthAllies provides a wide selection of discounted services not typically covered, from laser surgery and acupuncture to vision care and in-vitro fertilization. MyHealthBank, which has partnered with Regence Blue Cross/Blue Shield to focus on small employers in the Northwest, hopes eventually to offer consumers a debit card to have their visits to the doctor automatically paid out of their accounts. In such a competitive market, says Harvard Business School professor Regina Herzlinger, doctors will finally offer services that consumers really want...
...Missile shield: full speed ahead...
...crisis leads to war or to a peaceful outcome, it has fortuitously arrived at a time when the Pentagon is headed by two of the most seasoned and able leaders in years ... The pair's organizational and diplomatic skills have been strikingly evident since the earliest moments of Desert Shield, which began only a few hours after Iraqi tanks rolled into Kuwait on Aug. 2. Early the next morning, Cheney tucked a top-secret briefing file under his arm and walked to the small, heavily guarded Current Situation Room on the second floor of the Pentagon. Powell was waiting there...
...admit it, but dumping ABM would ultimately be more beneficial than keeping it. The arrangement is a relic of past hostility and does not account for today’s terrorist climate. If the U.S. is going to make a full commitment to constructing a missile defense shield, which now appears to be the case, then we must go all the way with...