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...streambed to just the right grade for optimum flow velocity, and lined it with clean gravel quarried from the property. He transplanted thousands of willow saplings to the area, reversing decades of brush-clearing efforts. The once steep banks are now grassy and gently sloping, almost parklike. Eagles soar overhead, scouting the rich fishery below...
...best-managed companies on the planet. A number of the health-care companies are attractive. I don't know whether we will have a national purchasing system of drugs. From my viewpoint, it's irrelevant. Drug prices would come down with controls, but usage would soar. That's the nature of the business for Pfizer and Merck, both of which I find attractive. I want companies that no matter what happens, they would be able to pay me my dividend. For a defensive play in housing look at REITs [real estate investment trusts]. They are up three years...
Bartoli’s voice is characterized by its singularly impressive capacity for technically demanding passages of showmanship. She possesses a precision and command over every subtle fluctuation and movement of her voice that is paralleled by none. At points, Bartoli’s voice would soar in an ethereal airiness that seemed to originate from the height of her temples or the upper reaches of the back of her skull...
...expenses begin to soar with groundbreaking on the horizon, more money will be needed to fund the University’s expansion...
...alone. In recent years, vertiginous rises in costs have caused many large employers to scale back or eliminate their workers’ health insurance options. A report released by the National Coalition on Health Care last May predicted the average monthly health insurance premium for family coverage would soar into the four-figure range by 2006. Meanwhile, in Medicare managed-care plans—which account for two of the alternatives suggested by UHS Director David S. Rosenthal ’59 in last month’s warning letter—82 percent of patients were required to make...