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VOL. CLXVI . . . No. 57,510 2017 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2017 $2.50
A Plan for South Africas Poor Starting Point of Opioid Abuse Soccer Blooms in the Desert
Faced with poverty and discontent Some emergency room doctors are far Hapoel Beer Sheva, Israels reigning
among black voters, South Africas likelier than others to prescribe opioids soccer champion, has helped rejuvenate
government is weighing something for pain in older people, and the pa- Beersheba, an ancient city in the re-
more common in developed economies: tients are at higher risk of using the mote south. This team is part of the
a national minimum wage. PAGE A4 pills chronically, a study says. PAGE A12 roots of the city, a fan said. PAGE B9
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on President Trumps agenda of tax for an Academy Award for his role in
cuts and deregulation, sending the Fences, talks about the long path to
stock market climbing. PAGE B1 getting the movie made. PAGE C1