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...been rocked for months by another federal investigation, dubbed Silver Shovel, in which 13 officials have been indicted on bribe-taking charges, leading so far to one conviction and two guilty pleas. Last week the mayor reacted to the latest of those indictments with a stern admonition, "When people tempt you with cash, don't accept it." The question that many in Chicago were asking last week: Did the mayor's brother follow that counsel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHICAGO | 7/21/1997 | See Source »

...Fairy Godmother arrives, she whisks Cinderella away to dance with the Four Seasons and their Cavaliers before arriving at the Prince's Royal Ball. After Cinderella runs away from the dance, the Prince falls into a deep slumber in which he dreams of Spanish, Egyptian and Asian princesses who tempt him, but cannot compare to Cinderella's beauty or charm...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, | Title: Something Doesn't Quite Fit | 5/9/1997 | See Source »

...couldn't these incentives tempt doctors to give patients the cheapest rather than the best treatment--just as conventional HMOs are savagely criticized for doing? Maybe. Minnesota executives are convinced that the only long-term way to keep costs down without limiting services is to educate patients to take responsibility for their own care by following healthy habits as well as choosing and cooperating with the right doctors. Choice Plus is designed above all to give patients the information they need to do that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MINNESOTA: TWIN CITIES' FRIENDLY PLANS | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

...VATICAN The church condemns ads that shock, titillate and tempt--but will Calvin Klein listen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Mar. 10, 1997 | 3/10/1997 | See Source »

What's the answer? The torch must be passed to a new generation of metaphors, fresh enough to tempt the disengaged electorate to pay some attention to the political discourse. This means nothing--absolutely nothing--from the strip-mined hills of baseball, football, basketball, boxing and gambling. We must turn elsewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VOTE FOR NEW METAPHORS! | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

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