Too Many Elderly Overmedicated Says JAMA Study
Harvard Medical School researchers report up to a quarter of Americans aged 65 or older may take medicines inappropriate for their age. The study notes drug interactions and multiple doctors complicate care, urging better doctor patient communication amid health reform debates.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Harvard Medical School
Boston
Congress
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Mexican Rebel Leader Compared to Lawrence of Arabia
Andres Oppenheimer profiles Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatista movement in Chiapas. The piece notes his swift rise as a guiding voice, his concealment behind a ski mask, and the committee’s formal control over decisions while Marcos shapes strategy and communications.
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Lacandon Jungle
Mexico
Zapatista
Marcos
Chiapas
Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee
Comandantes
Zapatistas
Zapatista High Command
Absalon Castellanos
Amnesia at Whitewater Hearings Sows Memory Lapses
Whitewater hearings reveal top Clinton aides and officials like Stephanopoulos Williams Nussbaum Cutler and Altman claiming memory gaps. Several say they did not recall key events about Madison Guaranty and White House contacts while ethics watchers criticize the administration's approach to possible malfeasance.
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Clinton
Joshua Steiner
Treasury
Lloyd Bentsen
George Stephanopoulos
Jay Stephens
Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan
Steiner
Stephanopoulos
Migaret Williams
Hillary Rodham
Staf
White House
Bernard Nussbaum
Lloyd Cutler
Roger Altman
Senate
Treasury Department
Madison Guaranty
House Banking Committee
Clinton White House faces scrutiny over denial and delays
The article portrays administration aides evolving elaborate denials and vague memories in the Whitewater inquiry. It cites refusals to confirm meetings with Secretary Bentsen and to discuss pressure on Altman, while highlighting hidden documents and delayed testimonies as investigators press for what Clintons knew and did.
Homophones Trip Up Prose In Public Notices
A columnist lampoons homophone errors in recent headlines and copy from Indiana to Las Vegas. Examples include affect versus effect, pour versus pore, reigns versus reins, afowl versus afoul, and ringer as impostor, noting how slipups blemish news and ads.
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Anderson
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Los Angeles
North Korea
Beaufort
S.C
U.N
Pour
Sen
Dick Lugar
Indiana
Indianapolis Star
Ellen Goodman
Wood County
W.va
Debra Winger
Vero Beach
Fla
Press-Journal
API
Jerry Jones
Dallas Cowboys
Churchill Downs
Cleveland
Augusta
Hinsdale
Ill
Dave Barry
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