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Such details were bound to get lost in a heated - and highly politicized - discussion of a topic that is for most women more emotional than medical. Add to that an immediate offensive blitz by some cancer doctors who were concerned that the new guidelines would essentially limit their patients' options for preventing breast-cancer death. "I am appalled and horrified," says Dr. David Dershaw, director of breast imaging at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. "We have something that saves lives, and to say we are not going to do it anymore is unconscionable...
...feeling that BachSoc is bound by camaraderie, not by didactic force. Everyone teaches and learns at the same time. Of course Yuga [J. Cohler ’11, music director] is a leader, but he’s very receptive to the feedback of the others. People are there not to compete but to experiment and to explore the boundaries of their musicality. They’re always striving to improve themselves under their own terms. Alan Gilbert [’89], the new conductor of the New York Philharmonic, is a family friend, and he conducted BachSoc...
Garderobes and public toilets were eventually replaced with something slightly more recognizable to the modern-day defecator: a box with a lid. France's Louis XI hid his toilet behind curtains and used herbs to keep his bathroom scented; England's Elizabeth I covered her commode in crimson velvet bound with lace...
...baseball pose has a balletic grace at odds with the savage power that the best pound-for-pound professional boxer on earth exhibits in the ring. "Best pound-for-pound" is the mantra intoned with every story about Pacquiao. It sounds strange because he has never been bound by the laws of physics. In the past eight years, he has risen through six weight divisions to win just as many world championships. At the stadium, his promoters have arranged for the Filipino to make official his plan to fight Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto for a seventh title, the welterweight...
...entire planet. From North Korea to Iran, global warming to global trade imbalances, Washington is increasingly dependent on Beijing's cooperation. The U.S. and China often find things to disagree about. As the world's most powerful democracy and the world's most powerful authoritarian state, they are bound to clash, even as their economic relationship draws them closer. But at a time when so much rests on their relationship, it's important also to consider where they are (mostly) in agreement. Here are five key areas...