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Supporters of this theory speculate that antioxidants may one day revolutionize health care. Biochemist William Pryor, director of the Biodynamics Institute at Louisiana State University, foresees screening people through a simple urine, blood or breath test to assess how much damage free radicals have done to tissue, much as patients today are screened for high cholesterol. "If you can predict who is most susceptible to oxidative stress," notes Pryor, "you can treat them with antioxidants more effectively." Ultimately, says biochemist Bruce Ames at the University of California, Berkeley, "we're going to be able to get people to live...
Rudenstine initiated this form of University-wide planning operation this fall when he called upon deans from every faculty to assess formally their needs for the future...
...instance, if an officer is stopping a fight between two men on the street, he should not pin down the presumed assailant without first taking the time to "count one two three," calm down and assess the situation. Pinning down the victim by mistake would allow the mugger to escape, he says...
...assess after one game," Donato said...
...year later, I can assess the results: No one involved in the Last Minute Housing Fiasco hates me, although some think I'm wishy-washy. I didn't fail International Conflicts. Basically, everything turned out fine...