Andrei Markovits of University of Michigan on American Sports Culture
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Jul 23, 2005
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- August 16, 2019 - 27:08Nam Kiwanuka talks to Ian Waddell about his book, "Take The Torch: A Political Memoir."
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ANALYSIS: The premier has promised to create 15,000 new long-term-care beds to ease the strain on Ontario’s overcrowded hospitals. But it will take more than that to solve our health-care crisis.
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ANALYSIS: Every day, thousands of Ontarians occupy beds they don’t need because the beds they do need are already occupied by other patients — and the problem is most acute when it comes to long-term care.
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ANALYSIS: Ontario hospitals don’t have enough beds, and patients often end up on stretchers in hallways — sometimes for days. So who’s to blame?
