Word: signal
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...insurers will react to all this is unclear. US Healthcare (now merged with Aetna) and some Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans helped bankroll three of the recent studies, an act of good corporate citizenship that seemed to signal a willingness to keep paying for transplant treatments in breast-cancer cases. A doctor working with Kaiser-Permanente, the nation's largest HMO, offers more direct reassurance. "It will be up to the doctor and the patient," predicts oncologist Louis Fehrenbacher...
...year, our Commonwealth celebrates Patriots Day to commemorate the battles of Lexington and Concord--the very first battles of the American Revolutionary War. Indeed, the events of and leading up to April 19, 1775 have been all but imprinted in our minds since we were in elementary school: The signal from Boston's Old North Church--"one if by land, two if by sea"; the midnight rides of Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott to warn the countryside that "the British are coming"; and, of course, the rebel militia at Concord North Bridge who fired at British troops after...
...school, according to the most recent figures from Consumers Union. Those twin economic pressures have led to a disturbing trend on school grounds. In the past nine months, public school exclusivity deals with cola companies have soared 300%, to a record 150. And that's just the most obvious signal that schools are open for business. Calvin Klein models pout on the covers of textbooks; homecoming may be sponsored by Dr Pepper; Taco Bell dishes up burritos at a school cafeteria near you; and that new overhead projector may be just one company's way of saying thanks--for eating...
...that would be largely fought upstate and on Long Island. Says an intimate: "The upsides are taking the balance right now." Meanwhile, Hillary's other post-White House options -- running a university or a think tank, sitting on boards -- seem stodgy by comparison. From all this comes one loud signal, intended not least for her own husband: "She's not interested in making money," says another friend. "That...
...excellent disco cut-up pastiche work, and I'm hoping for more quality Gallic crossovers. I also think the stunning new Armand van Helden and Basement Jaxx albums (2 Future 4 U and Remedy respectively), with their amazing singles ("You Don't Know Me" and "Red Alert"), signal that dance still has lots of promising avenues to explore. Trance music also seems to be on the rise, with great songs like Paul van Dyk's "For an Angel" and Humate's "Love Stimulation" showing that even without words, songs can still rock a dance floor without being repetitive...