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...Clinton administration has been rightly criticized for its lackadaisical manner concerning Chinese gathering of American secrets. The 900-page Cox Report, unanimously approved by the bipartisan House Intelligence Committee, put enormous pressure on the White House to act. When political winds are swirling, the ability to conduct a thorough investigation is, to be sure, difficult. But to single out just one employee and saddle him with the blame is inexcusable. Even more worrisome is suspicion that Lee, a naturalized American citizen, was targeted because of his Taiwanese ancestry...
President Clinton has called for a narrow review of the government's handling of the case, specifically to determine if the government was justified in holding Lee without bail. But it is only appropriate that the entire investigation--including any alleged racial motivations--be subject to wide-ranging and thorough scrutiny. Such a review may have grave implications for the future of civil liberties, not just for Chinese Americans, but for all our nation's citizens...
...respirator?), and one that names a health-care proxy to speak for you when you can't. Experts--who stress that the real point of ADs is to spur conversation with family and doctors--recommend using both. Choose a proxy (probably not your spouse) who is likely to be thorough and levelheaded in carrying out your wishes. Keep the identity of your proxy with...
...site of care, type of policy and other factors. Medicare, which currently covers more than 80% of people who are dying, pays for pressing medical issues but does not cover prescription drugs, and is severely limited in its coverage of nonhospice, nonacute chronic care. While hospice-care coverage is thorough, it requires that two doctors declare that the patient has six months or less to live, which discourages many doctors and patients. Even if you're covered by Medicare, consider buying Medigap policies, or private supplemental insurance, to cover what Medicare does not. And if you qualify for Medicaid...
...police activity, Rhone says, when she first called she "didn't find them to be too receptive." However, she adds, when she "had the luck" of being connected on the phone to an officer she knew, the officer "checked the scene and called me back immediately and was very thorough...