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-- For starters, we need to redouble the effort to trim government waste, unpleasant as that will be for its beneficiaries, and to get people off welfare, because without the feeling that their money is being well spent, taxpayers will be loath to ante up more of it. If you're...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: What You Can Do for Your President | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

Next door at J. August, my roving reporter's eye spots three styles of boxer shorts. They are cheap and not unpleasant. The best-looking pair sports a blue and green plaid design, a Harvard logo and lots of fuzzy flannel to keep you warm. The price: $16.

Author: By Geoffrey J. Hoffman, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Bargain Hunting's Knight Errant | 1/13/1993 | See Source »

Utilization will increase no matter what. Our health care system now rations treatment on the basis of an insurer's or a patient's own ability to pay. No money, no treatment. It's inhumane, but it doesn't strain the system. One unpleasant reality of health care coverage is...

Author: By Dante E.A. Ramos, | Title: No Health Care Before Its Time | 12/16/1992 | See Source »

One student--who was anorexic in high school and became bulimic during her first year at Harvard--says, "The [Harvard] Union is probably the worst thing you can do to a freshman girl. There's all this high calorie food and you feel like everyone's watching you and it...

Author: By Caralee E. Caplan, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Eating Disorders on the Rise at Harvard | 12/1/1992 | See Source »

But historical cycles are not inevitable. They depend on the strengths and frailties of those who become repositories of the hope for change. In a democracy, successful reformers must have, above all, the backbone to convey brutal facts unflinchingly. Especially now: America's current plight has been aggravated by a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Time for Courage | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

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