Health care lobbying surge in Maryland Senate and House
The 1993 Maryland General Assembly saw intense health issue lobbying with Blue Cross Blue Shield leading spending. AP reports 2.8 million dollars spent in a 90-day session, averaging about 14 600 dollars per lawmaker, underscoring health care as a national and state priority tied to Clinton administration push.
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Bill Clinton
Annapolis
Associated Press
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
General Assembly
Clinton
Maryland
Blink and Schindler List Shine in New Film Pair
Roy Meachum notes two acclaimed films this week Blink delivers tense drama led by Madeleine Stowe and Aidan Quinn while Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List opens at Key Mall. He praises casting and realism, calls Schindler's List a powerful account of the Holocaust and previews its Oscar prospects amid other offerings.
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Sharon
Madeleine Stowe
Aidan Quinn
Chicago
Drovers
Steven Spielberg
Francis Scott Key
Spielberg
Liam Neeson
Oskar Schindler
Schindler
Germany
Warsaw
Krakow
Ben Kingsley
Hitler
Gandhi
Ralph Fiennes
Fiennes
Bosnia
Shadowlands
Tonya Harding ethics flip flops reveal split public view
The writer admits wavering on Tonya Harding amid Kerrigan attack rumors weighing innocence until proven guilty. Husband’s admission shifts stance from barring to doubt, then back to accountability while urging fair chance for Harding’s career.
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Tonya Harding
Nancy Kerrigan
Tonya
Kerrigan
Tonya Harding and the Olympics show biz clash
Mike Royko weighs social bias and guilt in Tonya Harding skating saga. He pivots from sympathy to skepticism about her role and choices while concluding the Olympics should let her skate amid the broader spectacle of modern sports and media.
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Tonya
Kerrigan
Mary Tyler Moore
Expanding Medicare to All Voices for Universal Coverage
The speaker argues for universal health coverage affordable and non cancelable by expanding Medicare beyond age 65 and disability. They note existing Social Security offices already handle Medicare and Supplemental Security Income, implying established systems and staff to widen access to health insurance for low income and uninsured people.
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Social Security
Frederick unrest and theater crowd highlight February 4 1944 item
Warner Bros reports 700 attended the Tivoli Theater premiere of Thousands Cheer. Frederick officials preserve seniority rights for policemen entering the Army while vacancy merit transfers are planned. A Frederick truck crash injures a driver, and a Kemp Lane home explosion injures Charles and Joyce Hanshew with aid from neighbors and a faulty space heater suspected. A strike by independent truckers affects fuel and parking at South Market Street.
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Warner Bros
Edwin W. Macdill
Tivoli Theater
Armed Services
Russell H. McCain
Frederick
Richard Colliflower
Charles
Joyce Hanshew
Kemp Lane
John
Nannie Adams
Hanshews
Rocky Springs Road
Hanshens
Kelly
South Market Street
Hahn Transportation
Oakland
Respecting the Rainforests and Their Future
A student report highlights rainforest destruction, noting 12 million hectares lost yearly, the Amazon's 50 percent of Earth's species, and medical potential from plants. It warns that 1 percent studied leaves 99 percent unexplored and stresses displacement of indigenous peoples and cultural loss.
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Frederick Community College
Rainforest Foundation
England
Amazon
Environmental alarm over rainforest destruction and deforestation
A letter rails against rainforest loss from logging and farming as a driver of species extinction and desertification. The author cites overgrazing and poor irrigation, mocks literary pretensions, and notes local readers and editors in Adamstown.
Rainforests at risk and the need for change
Amy Schairer argues rainforests are vital for climate, biodiversity, and people. She warns continued destruction could wipe forests in 30 to 40 years and urges conservation, better technology, and changed thinking over growth.
The Tenth Muse Pedanto Appears Rarely
A fragment notes that a tenth Muse Pedanto exists and is rarely seen, with only brief appearances occasionally observed.
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Pedanto
Not another increase In Social Security
A letter addressed to retirees from the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Board asserts an upcoming 85 percent increase in benefits for the new year. It warns of higher taxes from federal, state, and local authorities and urges readers to contact Rep Roscoe Bartlett. The note also criticizes Medicare billing and foreign aid, signed by Damon Lane Barnhart in Frederick.
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Social Security and Railroad Retirement Board
Internal Revenue Service
Roscoe Bartlett
Letters to the Editor guidance for Frederick News-Post readers
The Frederick News-Post solicits letters with name address and phone, notes verification, and guarantees publication due to high volume. Poetry and religious verse are not accepted. send to Letters to the Editor at 200 E Patrick St Frederick MD 21705 or fax 662-8299.
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Frederick
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