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...this energy gets directed towards a crisis like this,” he says, “But then after that the energy can be dissipated in other areas.” Zucker discussed his conviction that progress in the field of health care is better achieved by the advancement of technology than by institutional change of health systems in different countries. He spoke about incorporating technology into health care systems in developing nations, stressing the importance of starting by introducing basic technologies—like cell phones—before moving on to more complex equipment, like MRI scanners...
HUPD is similarly hopeful that carrying out some of the proposals will allow for better rapport between HUPD officers and the Harvard community...
...derailed your career. Does that gnaw at you at all? No, it doesn't gnaw at me. Of course sometimes I think about it. But I use a line from Mickey Mantle all the time. "If I would have known I was this good, I would have taken better care of myself." It is what is. I lived it, and I am grateful for the greatness I did accomplish...
...finally traded in my Sunbird for a 1986 Honda Accord that had earned rave reviews from a savvier journalistic colleague. In the years since - not wanting to be burned again - I've paid attention to the annual auto guide from Consumers Reports, checking to see whether Pontiacs rated better than the Honda or Toyotas I had become accustomed to buying. Didn't happen, although Pontiac had made some gains in recent years...
...some retribution, most congressional Democrats also understand the perils of pursuing it too doggedly. There's a reason, after all, why the Democrats, upon winning back both chambers of Congress in 2006, didn't indulge in impeachment trials (though House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers would have liked nothing better): everyone remembers the price the GOP paid for its zealous pursuit of President Bill Clinton in the 1990's. And if Dems are going to overreach, they'd rather it be in the service of trying to achieve a policy goal like universal healthcare or energy reform. Still, the pressure...