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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...There’s nothing surprising here. That’s the way it works, and it produces marvelous disarray in the ethics, delivery, and pricing of certain health services. The physician and his employer are simply the point-of-sale brokers for drugs and devices and very readily cede their fiduciary responsibility to the marketplace. It is all the more remarkable that several institution-wide reforms have been made to block the promotional juggernaut: namely, the efforts by the University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, and several others. It’s too bad the initiative doesn?...

Author: By James H. Lampman, | Title: Corporate Influence On Physicians Must Be Checked | 9/15/2006 | See Source »

...battle, or at least its aftermath. The fight, in essence, put him and his government's claims to have a viable path to a national reconciliation plan to the test: either they are prepared to fight costly battles to defeat committed Shi'ite militiamen, or they are willing to cede control of neighborhoods and cities to the militias. In Diwaniya, it now seems, the government has chosen the path of least resistance, gaining a measure of calm in the city on Sadr's terms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Failing the Test Against Iraqi Militias | 8/30/2006 | See Source »

...Although Hizballah will now have to cede control of the border area, and has suffered the loss of an indeterminate number of fighters and missiles, it nonetheless lives (potentially) to fight another day, and to dictate the terms on which it will observe the truce. The Lebanese government doesn't appear to have much enthusiasm for confronting Hizballah on the disarmament issue, mindful of the fact that the group has emerged politically stronger than ever, particularly among its Shi'ite base, and seeking a showdown over disarmament could provoke another ruinous civil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Really Won the War? | 8/15/2006 | See Source »

...Still, whatever the final image, Hizballah will have lost substantial ground militarily. It will be forced to cede control of southern Lebanon to the Lebanese Army, which it had previously resisted, and will have seen much of its capability to strike Israel with missiles neutered. The political path ahead remains perilous for a movement now forced to choose between its identity as an anti-Israel resistance and as a Lebanese political party and social movement. Although Hizballah won't put down its weapons immediately, the pressure to do so - or, at least, to put them under the control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As a Cease-Fire Draws Near, Israel Seeks an Edge | 8/12/2006 | See Source »

...hopes to capitalize by playing up a previously scheduled retreat on Iraq at Camp David, to be held early next week. U.S. officials and their counterparts in the new Iraqi government will be joined electronically to discuss how the White House can help, and how much responsibility it can cede back to the home team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Zarqawi's Death Mark a Turnaround for Bush? | 6/8/2006 | See Source »

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