Editorial on Malpractice Woes in Medicine and Law
The piece argues malpractice costs threaten doctors and insurers across states. It calls for caps on awards and contingency fees, a workers comp style fund, and stricter self policing of medical and legal professionals to restore public trust.
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Air Force
California
Arizona
ERA Support Grows as Arizona Women Push for Equality
The piece argues for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, noting progress and ongoing legal inequities. It cites strong Senate support but House resistance, urging a floor vote to identify supporters and opponents and hasten eventual equal rights for women.
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Arizona
Senate
Era
Coastal land buyers face threat at Captain's Cove
In Virginia near Chincoteague Bay investors fear devaluation or demolition as Captain's Cove faces dredging without federal permits. EPA and EPA allied groups oppose the 1,865 acre project citing wetlands loss and harm to marine life. Court rulings since 1970s push developers to stop illegal fills and restore sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Flattau
Captain’s Cove
Chincoteague Bay
Virginia
Atlantic
Florida
Carolinas
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Army
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Corps
U.S. District Court
William O. Mehrtens
Mehrtens
South Florida
National Marine Fisheries Service
Accomack County
University of Georgia
Secret Sex Life of Cal Coolidge Book Scoop
A gossiping pair imagines Milton Haberdash writing The Secret Sex Life of Cal Coolidge. They mock muckraking about presidents, noting alleged quirks and scandals while debating which leader remains most unexposed and human.
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Ace
Milton Haberdash
Cal Coolidge
Milt
Nixon
Johnson
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Kay Summersby
Truman
Roosevelt
Eleanor and
Franklin
Eleanor
Lucy
Missie
Hoover
Iran arms talks flare over lunch with U S secretary
Report notes Gen Hassan Toufanian pressed Donald Rumsfeld to cut arms prices and boost oil output to fund more weapons. It traces U S arms sales to Iran under Nixon and Kissinger, debates policy with OPEC, and suggests Rumsfeld may resist lowering prices while weighing broader balance of payments and Middle East stability concerns.
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Washington
U.S
Pentagon
Hassan Toufanian
Iran
International Consortium of
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Toufanian
Rumsfeld
Uncle Sam
Treasury
William Simon
Ford Administration
Simon
International Oil Cartel
OPEC
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Richard M. Nixon
Teheran
Moscow
Nixon
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
State Department
Great Britain
France
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Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
E. Eorll
Scottsdale
Ariz
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