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...Republican alike, wanted to be on record saying that climate change is real and must be dealt with. But far too few were willing to debate the solutions to the crisis, because the opposition has found a new, well-fortified position. It argues that the U.S. can't adopt a cap on carbon emissions (at least not this one) because it would drive up energy prices and wreck the economy...
...Northwestern University sociologist and Army veteran, Charles Moskos pushed President Bill Clinton's Joint Chiefs of Staff to adopt the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy for gays and lesbians in the military, arguing that while the policy was not ideal, openly gay soldiers could undermine the morale of their comrades. A draftee who served for two years in the 1950s, he never lost his dedication to the military or his belief that all citizens should give back to their country...
With the rest of the world living and working on e-mail and the Web, an electronic health record (EHR) might seem like an obvious step. But it is, in fact, a revolution. American physicians have been notoriously slow to adopt digital record-keeping--only 14% of U.S. medical practices keep electronic records, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. When Harris began Cleveland Clinic's technology push in 1999, the hospital's 1,800 M.D.s were equally resistant to change, he says. "We had to prove that this effort was going to make their job easier...
...personal essay this past fall. He decided to apply early to Yale. By the time Harvard admissions officers got to his application in the January 1 pile, the Bethesda, Md. native had already been accepted to the other Ivy, had enrolled in Yale’s “adopt-a-prefrosh” program, and had the chance to wear a Yale 2012 t-shirt...
Stanford Law School officials announced last Thursday that the faculty will reform its grading system in order to adopt an honors, pass, restricted credit, no credit grading system. Since Yale Law School has had a similar system for decades, the move means that Harvard is the only one of the top three law schools that has not moved to such a grading system, which has proved to be more popular law among students and has been praised for deemphasizing competition. With talks beginning as early as last year, Stanford Law School Dean Larry D. Kramer said in a telephone interview...