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...document, written by the faculty's Educational Policy Committee, is billed as the first thorough examination of the concentrations since the late 1970s...
...contains dozens of treasures from the Golden Age of Flemish art. Many of the works have never been seen before in the United States, and they are rarely assembled in one place. Featuring paintings by Peter Paul Rubens and his contemporaries in 17th century Netherlands, the exhibition is a thorough view of a rich period in European...
...essence of Powell's beliefs is the "doctrine of invincible force." This post-Vietnam philosophy says that when military action is necessary it should be overwhelming, fast and thorough. The doctrine is a good guideline for major military efforts but increasingly inappropriate for the new strategic situation of ethnic conflict and humanitarian intervention...
...while Clinton is being highly flexible on details, he is adamant on some basic principles. Several are echoed by the most thorough alternative plans, including one proposed last week by 22 Republican Senators and nearly identical bills likely to be introduced this week by two Democrats, Tennessee Representative Jim Cooper and Louisiana Senator John Breaux. Some amalgam of these proposals could become the principal bipartisan alternative to Clinton's plan...
...differences are hardly trivial. Clinton's plan is far more complex, largely because it aims at a more thorough overhaul of the whole system. For instance, it would even contain a mechanism enabling the government to determine how many general practitioners and how many specialists medical schools train. Though Clinton and Magaziner insist they rely on carrots far more than sticks, critics still maintain the plan is too regulatory. Though all the leading plans aim to set up large risk pools of insurers and insured, the Clinton scheme would make these "alliances" mandatory. And though all are supposed to hold...