Word: bethesda
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...days of the week and primary colors, in addition to trying to complete an art project and work on assorted social skills, such as raising one's hand before speaking--and all in 2 1/2 hrs. Debbie Wampler, beloved kindergarten teacher for 20 years at Wyngate Elementary School in Bethesda, Md., says she regrets that her class seems so hurried, "but there just isn't enough time to cover everything we need to cover." Her local school district has instigated a "reading initiative" as a way to prod the kindergartners to read by the end of the year, and Wampler...
DIED. JOHN CHAFEE, 77, Republican Rhode Island Senator who pressed environmental issues and promoted bipartisanship; of heart failure; in Bethesda, Md. (see Eulogy, below...
Researchers at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., looked at data from more than 10,000 white and black Medicare patients whose tumors were found early enough to make them candidates for surgery. About 77% of the white patients underwent the procedure, compared with 64% of blacks. The difference was sufficiently large to reduce the overall survival rate for black patients to 26% after five years, compared with 34% for whites. It's a gap that concerns the doctors. "People are dying needlessly," says Dr. Peter Bach...
...merchandising rights--to the best-selling Harry Potter books. This cover story is a shameless self-promotion and evidence of the kind of conflict of interest we will see more of as respected, independent news organizations like TIME become publicity tools for their corporate entertainment shtickmeisters. RICHARD C. LEVY Bethesda...
...research facility is one of many stops on the Primate Freedom Tour, which began June 1 in Washington state. The tour will end on September 4 at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda...