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...weed out a costly round of primaries for a Democratic Party that, for all practical purposes, was the only party at the polls, the Republicans usually fielding a challenger in name only. But with the emergence of an increasingly stronger Republican Party, critics argue that it is time to abandon an electoral process that they claim dilutes party meaning and favors candidates--and their constituents--from the political margins. For example, many political observers believe that the open primary facilitated the rise of former Klansman David Duke...
...Stanford-led coalition of college students is now attempting to force U.S. News and World Report to abandon its rankings or switch to a system that groups top schools together. The coalition wants colleges and universities to withhold data from the magazine until it reforms its list. Nothing could be more ridiculous...
...Stanford-led coalition of students at universities across the nation is fighting to force U.S. News and World Report to abandon or fundamentally alter its annual ranking of colleges...
While Jacobs is open-minded and urges his colleagues to be the same, he feels strongly that alternative methods need more thorough testing and cautions patients not to abandon traditional treatment. Harvard's Eisenberg agrees. "It is conceivable," he says, "that physical manipulation or acupuncture needles or active ingredients in particular remedies are in fact physiologically powerful. But if for certain patients, in certain instances, faith or belief can cause changes in physiological function in a reproducible way, then we have to bring together the best scientists and ask them to figure out why.'' That search is expected to take...
...Celtics: The local basketball team did abandon its historic home last year. So going to see a game isn't quite as neat as it was when the Celtics played on the parquet floor at the Boston Garden. But if you're a sports fan, your four-year tenure in the Boston area won't be complete without a trip to see Larry Bird's team...