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Death be not expensive: How to beat the high cost of dying

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The funeral industry is going through a series of grotesque scandals involving everything from mishandled burials to the selling of cadaver parts. However, in 2001, investigators began to discover mismanagement at the Menorah Gardens cemetery in Florida and found that several dozen graves had been purposely damaged and human remains had been removed from some of the graves and tossed into the woods surrounding the cemetery.

Author: Bryce, Robert
Publisher: The American Legion
Publication Name: The American Legion
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0886-1234
Year: 2005
Legal issues & crime, Florida, Funeral Homes and Funeral Services, Funeral service and crematories, Funeral Services, Company legal issue, Investigations, Funeral industry, Cemeteries

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Searching for a cure: Los Angeles doctor leads the fight against juvenile diabetes

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Los Angeles doctor Francine Kaufman has undertaken a nationwide study to examine the efficacy of two different drugs on juvenile diabetes. The study would concentrate on an intensive regime of diet and exercise designed to prevent children exhibiting pre-diabetic symptoms from contracting the disease, which threatens to overwhelm an U.S. health care system.

Author: Bryce, Robert
Publisher: The American Legion
Publication Name: The American Legion
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0886-1234
Year: 2004
Science & research, Management dynamics, California, Offices & clinics of medical doctors, Physicians & Surgeons, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), Care and treatment, Research, Practice, Physicians, Juvenile diabetes, Diabetes in children, Kaufman, Francine

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What's next for Jim Hightower?

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Jim Hightower is a symbol of progressive populism after his unexpected loss for a third term as Texas Agriculture Commissioner. His innovative small farm programs continue in Texas, and his Financial Democracy Campaign aims to restore community control over the financial system.

Author: Bryce, Robert
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1991
Officials and employees, Texas, Agricultural policy, Personalities, Public relations, Hightower, Jim Allen, Texas. Department of Agriculture

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