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...substance, the demands of "the show" had to be calculated by Carter and his purveyor of silver linings, Jerry Rafshoon. For Carter, for the U.S., for the world, just how the show plays over the air can be crucial. It is instant entertainment. It is the national security blanket...
Largely at the urging of a lay member, Rose Kushner, herself a breast cancer victim, the panel also recommended another reform. At present, most suspected breast cancer patients sign a paper upon admission to hospitals giving the surgeon blanket authority to undertake whatever treatment is deemed necessary, even if the initial intention is to do only a biopsy-taking a tissue sample from the breast to see if any cells are cancerous. To their great distress, many women have found upon awakening that the surgeon has taken a breast as well as the sample. Kushner persuaded the largely male panel...
...million ounces greater than the supplies of 433 million ounces from regular channels, and the remainder had to be made up by dipping into private stockpiles. A slowing of the world economy might cause prices to decline. But until that happens, precious metals will remain an expensive security blanket for nervous investors...
...cover mainly institutional records, not those kept by doctors in their private offices. Also, they would continue to allow release of information for such worthy scientific purposes as inquiries into the effectiveness of a particular drug on the course of a disease. But they would prohibit the kind of blanket, open-ended authorizations that are contained in the any-and-all forms. What is more, the patient, who is now practically the only one kept in the dark about his medical records, would finally be allowed to examine them, either directly or through an intermediary. Penalties for obtaining the information...
...repeat earlier arguments. Let me just say as I see it, the source of dissatisfaction among those who are very concerned about this issue is not that Harvard has not adopted a policy of immediate and blanket withdrawal, divestiture, excuse me. Indeed, many think that's probably unwise. I think what unites people is the concern that the direction of Harvard policy is pointed the wrong way. This I think is illustrated very clearly in the ACSR reports of last March and this January. I think what we're looking for is a more aggressive, forward posture on behalf...