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Barbara Mishkin, the former staff director of the commission on human subjects, said yesterday she was disappointed with some aspects of the proposals, particularly the lack of an age limit after which the experiments would need the child's consent. "Children should be given the opportunity to consent as a matter of simple justice," she said...
Navarro became disenchanted at Columbia because he believed he had to spend too much time on publicity, paperwork and recruiting, which was hamstringing his coaching performance on the field. By mutual consent, Navarro left Columbia in 1973 and, passing up offers to become an assistant coach in the pro ranks, he became head coach of tiny Wabash College in Indiana...
...month trial, to begin in January, will involve at least 300 patients with advanced cancer that has not responded to other treatment. Each patient will sign a consent form. Says Upton: "We would not foist Laetrile on any unknowing patient." Still to be worked out is whether Laetrile will be given alone or, as some proponents advise, in combination with other metabolic therapies such as high-dose vitamins, minerals and diet changes. Since preparations of the drug are known to vary, NCI will formulate and distribute the Laetrile to be used...
...meeting was a risky undertaking for all concerned. Smith was acting without the consent of his partners on the Executive Council, notably Bishop Abel Muzorewa and the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole, who had joined the interim government last March. Nkomo was acting without the support of his colleague, Mugabe. And Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda was hosting the meeting without the express approval of his fellow "frontline" Presidents (Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, Samora Machel of Mozambique, Agostinho Neto of Angola and Seretse Khama of Botswana), with whom he has been jointly seeking a Rhodesian settlement...
...change. He ordered the post office, West Germany's biggest federal employer (480,000 workers), to start three-day courses in better behavior for its counter clerks. Among the lessons: no grimacing or staring; keep a "friendly, open facial expression"; "nod your head to show approval and consent"; avoid use of the insultingly familiar pronoun du. So far, about 15,000 of 30,000 postal counter clerks have taken the etiquette course. Reports a post office official: "It's going well; the clerks are really friendlier afterward...