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...discrepancy in prescribing practices may arise because "cardiologists spend 100 percent of their time looking at hearts," while general practitioners must acquaint themselves with a wide variety of medical concerns, said Chris L. Pashos, project director of the Patient Outcome Research Team which conducted the study...
Incredible as it may seem, these fallacies are being included in public school multicultural courses in a growing number of U.S. cities and espoused in black-studies departments on some college campuses. The ideas represent the views of extremists within the Afrocentric movement, which is intended to acquaint U.S. blacks with their long-ignored African heritage and raise their pride and self-esteem. While approving of the legitimate aims of Afrocentrism, many educators, both black and white, are concerned that its excesses will subvert the very goals it seeks to accomplish...
Hopefully, students will acquaint themselves with the process even further by going to speak to their representatives in the U.C. office in Canaday B or calling Finance Committee members...
Though most sophomores are familiar with thesystem because they used it last year, juniors andseniors will have to acquaint themselves with thesystem, Langille said...
...documentary technique that still informs the movies she makes. For Salaam Bombay, her portrait of street children in the Bombay underworld, she set up acting workshops for these children and led group discussions to learn more about their lives, their speech patterns and attitudes as well as to acquaint them with the filmmaking process...