Word: teethe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...While the real teeth of this effort - the regulatory agency and the funding apparatus - are contained in a bill proposed by Massachusetts senator Edward Kennedy, Clinton's executive order has more clout, since it could take effect in as little as two months with the benefit of no political haggling. The plan requires all insurance companies and medical providers that receive federal funding (roughly one third of all hospital and doctor visits) to develop practices to avoid medical errors. This is such a huge chunk of the medical industry that experts say it could lead to industry-wide reform...
Much wailing and gnashing of teeth later, I called Apple's tech support. Its first suggestion was to hook up my iBook to the base station with an Ethernet cable--not included--and do a "hardware reset." Did someone say wireless? Eventually, an Apple product manager discovered the fault. Turns out AirPort needs the arcane "name server address" from my Internet service provider, something it had not asked for during the plug-and-play software setup...
...problem is that there is much in China that needs breaking. In fine imperial tradition, Jiang has left this task to an underling. While Jiang pacifies by practicing the art of the possible, it is Premier Zhu who prefers--even enjoys--sharpening his teeth on the impossible. Zhu staked his personal prestige on doing a WTO deal single-handedly when he traveled to the U.S. in April--and failed when the White House decided a deal was politically unwise. Jiang patiently waited for Clinton to approach him, meanwhile building a consensus among the Chinese leadership that made the final negotiations...
...toying with the gullible schoolteacher. Here, though, the creature must be realer than a nightmare--a galloping plague to purge Sleepy Hollow. He is embodied, occasionally, by Christopher Walken, who could terrify small children just by singing I'm a Little Teapot. In full Horseman drag, with his spiky teeth and Stygian melancholy, Walken is an R rating waiting to happen...
...ordinarily recognizable becoming barely that: the headless horseman--when he has a head in a flashback and in the resolution--is played by Christopher Walken. Walken's silent performance is sure to make you start out of your seat at least the first time you see him. His gnarly-teeth, wild hair and demonic eyes make you regard his subsequent headlessness as less of a fright and more of a relief...