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...less than $5,200 a year in income and $3,100 in assets in New York, for example) to qualify for state Medicaid coverage. Unless Washington has a change of heart, each of the 50 states must act to fill the void or the lack of cash may shorten thousands of lives...
Even with yesterday's committee victory, Isaacson and Barrett hesitated to predict the bill might finally pass the Legislature this year, saying they feared the 1988 election year would shorten the legislative session and could cause some lawmakers who supported the bill last year to change their minds...
...schedule, muscle-strengthening exercises or changes in diet. Actors and singers with voice difficulties are often told to avoid mucus-producing foods like milk and cheese. Technique may also be modified. Eric Jensen, a jazz guitarist in San Francisco with persistent pain in his left arm, was advised to shorten the scale lengths on the neck of the instrument and use lighter strings...
...witness the ugliness of sudden death among the "disconnected." Summer arrives and the devoted twain have split for 16 weeks. But home is where the sweetheart is--phonecalls shorten and letters become scarce. Finally, at the advice of a high school friend, an ex-romantic just hangs up at the hint of a whining, "Hello?" Warning signs: click, buzzzzzz...
...Year, but he also called on the Soviet leader to announce firm plans for a pullout. The State Department, though, speculated that Moscow may be planning to withdraw even as the fighting intensifies. Said one official: "It's entirely possible that the Soviets are planning to shorten the withdrawal timetable while the military people in Kabul are plugging away at the war. That's what they're ordered...