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...doctor wants to strike no more than does a textile worker. But the malpractice burden - indeed, the malpractice threat - is the final assault on the implicit contract society makes with its healers: you give up the best decade of your youth, your 20s, to treat the sick and learn your craft, and we will allow you to practice it with autonomy, dignity and the kind of security - and freedom from capricious victimization - that, oh, say, lawyers enjoy...
Though Harvard won the preseason Ivy scrimmages, including a victory over Yale, the Bulldogs were shorthanded at the time. Now the Crimson is at a disadvantage with the burden of reading period. Freshman Moira Weigel is also out for the round-robin match...
Students involved in Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) programs said the discount will lessen the financial burden of transportation on their volunteers next semester...
...looked upon to do things that other countries can't," says Gribbin. "Not just the use of force, but dealing with hunger and failing economies. He got a firsthand look at the awesome responsibility that that unique position imposes on those who lead." Rather than shrink from that burden, Cheney embraced it. He reasoned, says Gribbin, "Why not enhance and protect that responsibility? Why not make sure you don't fritter it away...
...Gore, who says he decided against running for the collective benefit of the country, his party and his family, experiencing a few pangs of regret? Perhaps, but to his credit, you'd never know it to watch his almost jovial exchanges with the press this week. After carrying the burden and the stigma of the 2000 election for more than two years, Gore looks like a man who finally has other, infinitely more important things to worry about...