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Some A.M.A. leaders made approving noises about such rules at first -- until they realized that the authority and dominance of doctors would be diluted as chiropractors and everyone else followed them into the plans. So now the A.M.A. is taking another tack. It is asking the Clinton Justice Department for special "antitrust" exemptions that would allow doctors simultaneously to maintain their practices as separate businesses while also banding together in order to bargain for patients with local health plans...
...affiliate, is pioneering an unlikely trend in local TV news. While most stations, as well as tabloid shows like Hard Copy and A Current Affair, revel in outrageous crimes and grisly violence, a small but growing number of news operations are trying to stand out by taking a different tack: playing down violent crime, eschewing graphic footage and trying to make their shows "family sensitive." At least 11 stations -- in such markets as Seattle, Miami, Albuquerque and Oklahoma City -- have adopted this kinder, gentler approach since the beginning of the year...
...bland but scrappy Governor, who a year ago suffered a record-low 15% approval rating, has rebounded on the strength of swift action during the brush fires in October and November and the earthquake in January. Wilson's own explanation for his resurgence takes note of Brown's new tack. "People are paying attention to real issues. And those are the ones upon which I have been visible," he says, citing his efforts to create jobs and legislate longer prison sentences...
...most pungent cultural spillage from the early death of any rock star -- of Buddy Holly or Ritchie Valens, Jim Morrison or Sid Vicious -- may be the movie made from his life. Producers paw through old press clippings, take a quick snort of the current zeitgeist, tack on a note of mythical tragedy and voila!, a tale for our time with a hit sound track guaranteed...
Other organizations are taking a different tack. The American Medical Association's (AMA) Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, responsible for governing residencies, recently lifted a one-year moratorium on accrediting new sub-specialties. They temporary suspension was designed to remedy the nation's problem of "too few generalists and too many specialists...