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Barreira said that the wellness tutor’s role is not to provide health-care for students but to be one more person that tutors and students can go to for advice about stress-relieving or mental health-related programs...
Phoebe says there's nothing improper about its finances or executive compensation. The offshore entities are legal investment and insurance vehicles that have saved the hospital money, officials say. On its website, Phoebe notes that it spends $46.6 million on charity care, and officials stress that patients are informed by hospital signs and other means that they may be eligible for free or discounted care. CEO Wernick, who repaid the loan, calls the class action against Phoebe frivolous. It implies hospitals "are indifferent to the plight of the uninsured," Wernick continues. "That's just not the case...
...hour flights that have been taking off daily for eight days running, ever since Ivan blew up into a hurricane, not far from St. Croix. Attacked by fierce winds and savage rains, NOAA's fleet of hurricane hunters (two WP-3Ds and a Gulfstream IV) is showing signs of stress as well. The protective coating on the stabilizer of the plane I'm riding in is beginning to erode, for example. And while it's not an immediate threat, it would be nice, everyone agrees, to have a little downtime to repair...
...what about Bush? His campaign, while continuing to stress his strong-on- terrorism message, has added more traditional appeals. At a women's issues event in Charlotte, N.C., last week, the President noted many more women work now than did in "the old days" and said he wanted to push for more flex time. --By Unmesh Kher. Reported by John F. Dickerson and Karen Tumulty
Germany's biggest problem is Zukunftsangst (fear of the future). Uncertainty has led to declining membership in political parties, an increase in stress-related illness and consumers who cocoon at home rather than go out for a little retail therapy. It has more and more people "going to Balconia"--passing up a traditional holiday for staying home to water the geraniums. And as companies move production farther east, to the new E.U. member states and Asia, to avoid strict employment laws and high labor costs, German industry is gradually being hollowed out. In 1993, for example, Siemens employed...