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...Peter A. Winograd, a graduate of the Law School and a professor at the University of New Mexico, noted that many of the people entering public-interest law are motivated by non-pecuniary reasons anyway, though the initiative would provide “further encouragement...
...possible recruiting violations by coach Tommy Amaker.The about-face should work out alright for Ben-Eze, whose high-school coach told the Times that the big man had already received calls last week from Boston College, Rutgers University, and the Universities of Cincinnati, Connecticut, and Pittsburgh. It seemed uncertain, anyway, whether Ben-Eze would have managed to raise his ‘Academic Index’ score above the minimum required to compete in the Ivy League in time for the March deadline on admissions decisions. The news that Ben-Eze is no longer Cambridge-bound reminded...
...says. "We can at least narrow the group of people for whom we need to screen cholesterol." Those with very few other heart-disease risk factors, for example, probably don't need the extra blood work, since their cholesterol profile wouldn't make a big difference to overall risk anyway. Similarly, those patients with several risk factors for heart disease probably need treatment no matter what their cholesterol levels. By giving blood tests only to those on the fence, doctors can save resources for the tests and treatments that are warranted...
...based on the bogus concept of neutrality (that people can be steeped in campaigns yet not care who wins) and the legitimate ideal of fairness (that people can place intellectual integrity and rigor over their rooting interests). Voting and disclosing would expose the sham of neutrality-which few believe anyway-and compel opinion and news writers alike to prove, story by story, that fairness is possible anyway. Partisans, bloggers and media critics are toxically obsessed with ferreting out reporters' preferences; treating them as shameful secrets only makes matters worse...
...Italian ancestor. My athletically-challenged self was perfectly happy not hanging from the monkey bars or playing dodgeball at recess. I helped her with her math homework and she taught me how to play box ball. Every afternoon, after finishing homework (that I had mostly done on the bus anyway), watching “Dirty Dancing” or “Dave” for the 100th time, we would venture out into the neighborhood on our bikes. Naturally athletic (and a future volleyball and track superstar), Jenny rode around hands-free on her cool bike—Titanic...