Word: belief
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Clinical researchers believe in their treatments, as they should. Yet this belief needs to be scrutinized by unbiased scientists working in the patients' interest. Our trials can never be too safe. But we should not lose sight of the fact that our system has given rise to spectacular advances in cancer therapy, including Gleevec for leukemia; the control of aids; treatments for breast cancer; and others. As a new era of molecular genetic research dawns, we need to make certain that the strides we make in devising new therapies are matched by progress in ensuring patient safety. FRANK G. HALUSKA...
Money tells: the fact that candidates spend almost nothing to recruit the support of young voters is the clearest example of lawmakers’ belief in the apathy and powerlessness of youth. Of course, the paucity of major campaign donors under 30 has something to do with politicians’ willingness to disregard the opinions of twenty-somethings. Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, this disregard reinforces the apathy among college-age potential voters. Young people have exploded into national prominence in the last decade as entrepreneurs, dot-com millionaires, pop stars and community activists. The ’90s recognized the power...
When an author breaches that core, as Carol S. Dweck does in her contribution “Beliefs that Make Smart People Dumb,” the insights can be weighty and provocative. She posits that smart people behave stupidly precisely because they possess great intelligence. Arthur Conan Doyle, of Sherlock Holmes fame, is a prime example. The author’s creation was famous for debunking supernatural phenomenon by giving them rational explanations. Doyle himself, however was a disciple of the supernatural and a great believer in the fantastical apparitions revealed during seances. Though Holmes would argue that these...
...since the first Bush administration. Even as the President spoke this week of ending the occupation of the West Bank and creating a Palestinian state, Dick Armey, the leader of his own party in the House of Representatives urged Israel to "grab the whole West Bank" and expressed his belief that "the Palestinians should leave." With key figures of his core support base capable of so blithely endorsing ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, the President's own political ability to frog-march the Israelis and Palestinians into an agreement may be limited...
Sigma Chi does not really buy these excuses. According to one of the court documents, the Sigma Chis have looked into the Pi Etas’ motivations for selling the house and have concluded that their claims are false: “Upon information and belief, the real reasons why the Pi Eta Alumni Members had decided on their own to sell the House was [sic.] because the real estate market in Cambridge had experienced unprecedented growth recently and the Pi Eta Alumni Members wanted to liquidate the asset and reap the appreciation while the market remained so strong. Additionally...