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...commitment I feel I owe my own ecclesiastical community, so we designed the position so it made that possible," said Hehir, who will run the school with the help of a group of senior administrators and associate deans. "We don't want in any way to skimp on the amount of time and effort that it takes to do this job," Hehir said...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hehir Named Divinity School Head | 8/13/1999 | See Source »

...cool as they think you are." That's about all we're likely to hear this campaign from either of his 17-year-old twins, Barbara and Jenna. As granddaughters of a President, they are already monitored by the Secret Service, which has asked the campaign to skimp on the details of how the pair spent the summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twins to George W: You're on Your Own, Dad | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

...about colon cancer? Current evidence suggests you take a multivitamin that contains 400 micrograms of folic acid, don't smoke, avoid eating red meat more than five times a week and get plenty of exercise. Whatever you do, don't use the Nurses' Health Study as an excuse to skimp on fruits and vegetables. The rest of your body may never forgive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still High on Fiber | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

...Starship Troopers, which on first glance seems like as dumb a blockbuster as they come. The premise of the film is to corral a truly mind-boggling number of Aaron Spelling bit players into playing futuristic action heroes fighting giant insects on the planet Klendathu. The movie doesn't skimp on the gunfire or the chomping, stomping Bug Things, which of course are its major selling points...

Author: By Nicholas K. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reconciling Highbrow, Big-Budget Films | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

...from the need to practice defensive medicine, free to do the best as they see it for their patients? Or will HMO patients find themselves in long lines for short visits, confronting bureaucratic "gatekeepers" who shunt them to a small number of overworked doctors who are paid extra to skimp on tests and operations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGE WITH CARE | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

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