Word: adjuster
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...said many cancer patients had died because their radiation dosages had been miscalculated. In 1982 the North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary bought a computer programmed to determine precise dosages for cancer treatment. But it arrived minus an instruction manual. Senior physicist Margaret Grieveson assumed that a "correction factor" needed to adjust the dosages had not been programmed in. Unfortunately, it had. The result: in the years from 1982 to 1991, 1,045 patients received insufficient radiation. Four hundred and one died; 91 who are still alive have experienced a recurrence of cancer. "I believe some patients did die unnecessarily," said...
...funny about change--I usually resist it as long as possible. But when I actually go ahead and alter something, I adjust almost instantly. If I can reformat my expectations for my environment (i.e. feel at home at Harvard) I could certainly reformat my documents with an advanced word processor and use it competently...
Herbal medications take advantage of thenatural medicinal properties of plants, accordingto Lannon. Chinese elixirs, another form ofnatural medicine, adjust the body's energy levelto promote healing, he said...
...programs exist to help immigrants adjust to life in the United States. A xenophobic complex last manifested as a "great sucking sound" and the belief that everyone must face the same tough time that our ancestors faced give such aid a low priority. Quotas from the Immigration Act of 1921 and its successors still exist. Why do we fear those who would expand the markets of existing industries and create new ones? Only recent immigrants who have achieved a degree of success appear willing to fight such arcane measures of exclusion...
Clinton's pledge was the first of many promises he and his health team would have to adjust to reality. Over the next 18 months, Clinton's reform plan grew from a necessary campaign plank into a centerpiece of his presidency, and the President's attitude was marked by a whatever-it-takes practicality. For one thing, his aides reworked the timing of the scheme. Clinton now concedes he will need another year to enact his plan and three more to put it fully into place. After insisting that raising taxes wasn't necessary, Clinton's aides made an increase...