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Streamlining the ungainly

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Various terms and phrases have been tossed around in Clinton administration circles to find the right words to describe what Pres Clinton wants to do with health care reform. 'Managed competition' has lost its appeal. Health alliance has usurped 'Hipic' or health insurance purchasing cooperative.

Author: Toner, Robin
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1993
Column, Terminology, Health care reform

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Benjamin Franklin, Native Americans, and European cultures of civility

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The author discusses Benjamin Franklin's writings about the native peoples of North American, and the ways in which his assessments of Native American culture mirror his attitudes about the relative value of European cultures. Franklin's view of the Six Nations peoples is analyzed.

Author: Mumford, Carla
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Name: Prospects
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0361-2333
Year: 1999
History, Criticism and interpretation, Native Americans, Native North Americans, 18th century AD, Iroquois, Franklin, Benjamin

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House of spirits

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A former alcoholic confides that she began drinking in 1971 at the age of 30, but says the she has been sober since 1988. She realizes that the overwhelming need to have a man dominate her life was the initial source of the addiction.

Author: Douglas, Ann
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vogue
Subject: Fashion and beauty
ISSN: 0042-8000
Year: 1999
Personal narratives, Alcoholics

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