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...this theory is wrong not just about the cause of inflation, but even about the timing. Grades have gone up at Harvard. But they have been going up as far back as I have been able to get grading data, all the way back to the 1920s. The accompanying chart shows the percentage of the class in “Dean’s List”—Groups I, II and III together, a reasonable measure of overall grading standards. Most of these data are taken from the annual reports of the president and the deans...
...Rank List data are tempting, and should not be overinterpreted. Most of the bumps in the chart are probably just noise. Still, I will risk making a few observations...
Intelligent digital health records have long been the industry's holy grail, though today just 10% to 15% of all charts are electronic. Their appeal is obvious. It costs about $9 every time a doctor pulls a chart, which is often incomplete. When a patient arrives at an emergency room or calls a doctor, there is seldom time to consult his documented medical history. In the event of a drug recall, wading through stacks of files to find patients at risk isn't an option...
...become Hemlockland. Two physicians must agree that a euthanasia applicant suffers an unbearable, hopeless condition. Subsequently, each case of mercy killing will be reviewed by a lawyer. Something like the Dutch law exists in only one U.S. state, Oregon, but its Death with Dignity Act is less sweeping (see chart). Under its strict rules, doctors there signed only 96 prescriptions for lethal doses of medication from 1998 through 2000. By comparison, physicians already euthanize roughly 4,000 Dutch each year--and it's not even technically legal...
DIED. JOHN PHILLIPS, 65, founder of the 1960s hippie rock/folk band the Mamas and the Papas, innovator of the California sound and writer of such intricate vocal harmonies as the 1966 chart topper California Dreamin' and Monday, Monday; of heart failure; in Los Angeles. Following a brief reign atop the charts, the group split up in 1968 after Phillips' then wife and bandmate Michelle had an affair with fellow band member Denny Doherty. Phillips, a recovered drug and alcohol user, received a liver transplant...