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...like to set high standards for ourselves," said senior forward Robin Confer. "The team thought we shouldn't have to struggle so much against them, but we have to give credit to Harvard, they played us really well and with a lot of heart--they're a great team...
...suffered from the general weakening of the bones known as osteoporosis, didn't want to take estrogen. Although the hormone can reverse the bone-weakening process, it may also increase the risk of breast cancer. So Levin volunteered for a study of an experimental drug called raloxifene, which may confer most of the benefits of estrogen therapy without the risks. Although her doctors won't tell her whether she's on the drug or the placebo, Levin is pretty sure she's getting the real thing. "Every time they do a scan," she notes, "my bone density keeps improving...
...fraud has begun to investigate what's killing people in the state's 1,400 nursing homes. In Washington, Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate's Special Committee on Aging, last week dispatched three investigators from the General Accounting Office to California to pore over data, confer with state officials and visit suspect nursing homes. One of their first stops was Creekside (now operating as Vacaville Rehabilitation and Care Center), which denied the investigators access to medical records--until they returned with a subpoena. Grassley calls the California data "troubling" and says the situation "requires immediate attention...
...Eliminate the $25,000 federal yearly giving limit. Notwithstanding the conduct of the present Administration, the real truth about political money is that it generally buys nothing. Political money doesn't confer power on the giver; it confers it on the recipient. We should allow individuals to contribute, within the law, to as many campaigns as they want. (Note to Democrats: this helps you, as Democrats get substantially more large individual contributions than Republicans...
...Extension School will confer three associate in arts (A.A.), 82 bachelor of liberal arts (A.L.B.) of which 49 will be cum laude and 67 master of liberal arts (A.L.M.) degrees, according to the office of the dean. This ceremony will take place in the Loeb Drama Center...