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...physically fit black man, I still must resort to exercise, medication and dietary changes to battle hypertension. Yet there is a growing debate in medical circles about the ethics of race-based medical research. I only wish my younger brother Rodney were here to participate in the argument. He was in great shape, lifted weights, had nearly zero body fat and lived a healthy lifestyle with his family. Rodney went to bed a few weeks ago, feeling as if he simply had the flu. He died in his sleep. An autopsy showed no signs of long-term heart failure...
...course, tainted Yankee Jason Giambi at least is an adult; teen athletes, however, have started using the same drugs the pros do. Again, setting a good example for kids is a noble argument--but one that society hardly heeds otherwise. If steroid scold John McCain were a woman, he might be pushing laws against plastic surgery among pop starlets, the better to save girls from deadly eating disorders. President George W. Bush denounced steroid use in the State of the Union. "It sends the wrong message--that there are shortcuts to accomplishment," said the Yale legacy student...
Strahan disputes the University’s argument, saying the trespass warning was never authorized by President Lawrence H. Summers or the Board of Overseers. Citing his previous use of the library, Strahan calls the trespass statute a “very primitive legal instrument” and says the University’s contract with the government to provide a depository nullifies any such right to keep out the public...
Strahan’s argument hinges upon the fact that the HLS Library contains a federal depository, which is open to the public. The website for HLS Library says that it is “obligated by law to provide free access” to its collection of U.S. government documents...
...Murray was an interesting guy—he really was a character. He would walk into a room and start an argument,” Walters says. “He didn’t care about pissing people off, but wasn’t pugnacious....Murray danced to the beat of his own drummer...