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...time I'm immersed in instructional tapes and transcriptions downloaded from various online sources. Difficult though it may be, the steel is totally addictive; hours go by as I tackle songs and exercises, and I am continually amazed at the power of muscle memory. The learning curve is steep and exhilarating, and when times are tough there are plenty of kindred souls to commiserate with online...
...increased its response from rifle fire to tank shells and then helicopter missiles. One missile shattered the wall of Jamil Muslet's living room. It left a 5-ft. hole in the 200-year-old stone walls and shards of blue window glass on the floor. Looking across the steep, rocky valley to Gilo, less than a mile away, Muslet intertwines his fingers. "We and the Jews live like my interlinked fingers," he says. "Separation is stupidity...
...That's because Al Gore and George W. Bush, battling for the all-powerful AARP vote, appear to have completely forsaken an entire, potentially invaluable voting bloc. Generation X, accompanied by new voters in Generation Y, have fallen off the radar screen. And while both candidates could pay a steep price for leaving young people behind, Gore is likely to suffer more visible wounds...
...work, Medicaid spending had to be contained. The Governor's office fought a bill to require automatic re-enrollment in Medicaid of kids still eligible after their parents were dropped from welfare rolls. And under pressure from Bush allies running the appropriations committees, Texas legislators accepted projections of a steep decline in patient demand for Medicaid. Bush succeeded in passing another tax cut, this one amounting to $1.7 billion. But the Medicaid forecasts proved overly rosy, leaving the program with a $400 million deficit. The state health department is looking for ways to offset it. One idea is to take...
...work, Medicaid spending had to be contained. The governor's office fought a bill to require automatic re-enrollment in Medicaid of kids still eligible after their parents were dropped from welfare rolls. And under pressure from Bush allies running the appropriations committees, Texas legislators accepted projections of a steep decline in patient demand for Medicaid. Bush succeeded in passing another tax cut, this one amounting to $1.7 billion. But the Medicaid forecasts proved overly rosy, leaving the program with a $400 million deficit. The state health department is looking for ways to offset it. One idea is to take...