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...time for us, for all of us, to take a closer look at what's really happening in Israel. To look past the biases and deficits in reportage, to put aside the propaganda, to re-assess and attempt to understand. And, most importantly, to remember. --Kevin Shapiro...
Although Jones is handling only 70 breast-implant cases, his opinion is expected to exert considerable influence on other judges who are grappling with similar suits brought by thousands of women. One reason: Jones took the unusual step of appointing four independent experts to assess the purported link between the rupture of silicone implants and specific physical complaints. These experts--an immunologist, an immunologist/toxicologist, a rheumatologist and a polymer chemist--arrived at the same conclusion reached by many others, including Dr. Marcia Angell, executive editor of the New England Journal of Medicine: localized problems, notably the painful hardening of breast...
Certainly Judge Jones can be applauded for attempting to apply rational standards to an area of testimony that too often has promoted confusion over clarity. He has heeded the Supreme Court's ruling, in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, that judges should try to independently assess the scientific merits of expert testimony--and in so doing, he may hasten the resolution of a legal ordeal that has brought anxiety and psychological pain to many women...
Harvard Red Cross President Gerald T. Dang '97 said four undergraduates helped police and fire officials assess building damage and provide displaced families with dinner, clothes and medicine needed to get through yesterday evening...
...Valkenburg, an R.N. from Great Falls, Montana, also emphasizes the value of the individual's skills. "Nursing is an art. When I go to a patient's bedside to answer a call light or get vital signs," she notes, "I am collecting all sorts of information to help me assess that person. My critical evaluation and intervention could prevent a costly complication or even death...