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...This is a disaster," Arthur M. Vital said as he walked home. "It's a big farce. ...You can't get anywhere near...
...room and surrender them when the anesthetic wears off. Chernomyrdin has other problems. The most immediate of them is that he has not yet assembled a campaign team: frustrated aides say he seems terrified of appearing disloyal to Yeltsin. Although this is understandable, as Yeltsin's blessing could be vital, Chernomyrdin needs all the lead time he can get. Aides say it could take a year for their man to become a real contender for the presidency. He does have lots of money, however, thanks to his continuing connection with Gazprom, the giant oil-and-gas company that he once...
...described her distress were not registered nurses but "patient-care technicians" who lacked the expertise to interpret her complaints. In 1994, the year of Strunk's operation, the Christ Hospital had turned to what management consultants call "patient-focused care," a system in which such bedside tasks as taking vital signs and answering call buttons are performed by unlicensed personnel who report to an R.N. Registered nurses must complete at least two to four years of postsecondary education and pass state licensing exams. Patient-care technicians are trained for a matter of weeks, and their competency is judged solely...
...being debated back and forth by the candidates, and that instead we hear the same tired old rhetoric about such issues as the deficit, welfare reform and family values. Cynicism in this area is unwarranted for two reasons. To begin with, these topics may be old, but they are vital and unresolved. If we allow our attention to waver simply because we've heard it all before, then perhaps we've been watching a little too much television. Additionally, there are new ideas out there which are vibrant and exciting. For instance, Clinton's plan to raise an army...
...performer, Miller combines boundless energy with a keen sense for the outlandishly funny. While many have found Miller's nudity in this and other pieces offensive, there is no doubt that his body is vital to the sexual frankness of his art. From the moment he affectionately tells the audience that they remind him of a bed of pubic hair, to when he masturbates with a piece of Valencia orange stuck in his mouth, to the climactic moment when he orgasms to Handel's "Messiah," Miller is a paragon of eros, humor and theatricality packed into one vital, often naked...