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...worked frequently with current Administration and the Republican National Committee to promote Bush's court nominees; David Keene, chairman of the influential American Conservative Union, one of the nation's oldest and largest grassroots conservative groups; Richard Viguerie, a well-known G.O.P. direct mail expert and fundraiser; and Bob Barr, the former Republican Congressman from Georgia and free speech advocate, as well as John Whitehead, head of the Rutherford Institute, a conservative non-profit active in fighting for what it calls religious freedoms...
Shangri-La Hotels' newest venture, Oman's Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa, shangri-la.com, is actually three distinct hotels in one-the Al Waha, the Al Bandar and the Al Husn. The properties offer 680 rooms between them, all with wonderful views of the Gulf of Oman...
...industry is still sorting itself out after a series of big deals and big changes. Last year Federated, which owns Macy's, swallowed up the more moderate May Department Stores. Macy's, having replaced with its own marquee some famous regional department-store names--Marshall Field's, Famous-Barr, Kaufmann's, Filene's--experienced a strong 8.5% increase in same-store sales for November. Sears, which combined with Kmart in 2004, is still struggling. And Wal-Mart, in the throes of a mammoth, disruptive restructuring, reported a dismal 0.1% drop in sales...
...sounds a little vague and subjective, but in Barr's hands, it seems to work. In a study of 80 women with 123 suspicious lumps in their breasts, elasticity imaging scored remarkably well. Subsequent biopsies showed that it correctly identified 17 out of 17 cancerous lesions and 105 out of 106 benign lesions. (There was one false positive.) Barr is understandably excited about the results. He envisions a day when this kind of technology might be able to eliminate biopsies altogether...
...consider is that ultrasound tests, unlike CT and MRI scans, are extremely operator dependent; the results could vary widely from facility to facility. Also, your doctor, like most other physicians, would probably want to see more studies of the new test before being comfortable with calling off a biopsy. Barr already has that in the works. He is preparing a multicenter international trial with 2,000 patients that will start in January and take about a year. In the interim, women should not forget a yearly mammogram starting at age 40. For now, it remains the gold standard of breast...