Word: considerations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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No topic is likely to be more controversial, or more au courant, in coming years than death. And Jack Kevorkian will not have the last word. Dr. Daniel Tobin's views of dying as a natural part of living were shaped when, as a third-year medical student, he watched...
Despite its violent drug cartels, Colombia has been regarded by most Americans as something less than a national security threat. But today Americans have to consider what might be called Yugo-lombia, the possibility that the country could soon be cleaved into three volatile, Balkan-like states as a result...
The digital apocalypse, like most things, is a matter of perspective. Consider: for all the new machines that potentially won't work, there are plenty of old machines--dusty, neglected, but serviceable--that will. John Fryer, who runs a downtown-Livingston bookstore, brags that his venerable rotary telephones are invulnerable...
"We were able to make this change without sacrificing too much," he adds. Mainly, we eliminated the category of 'related courses,' deciding that our students should have room for electives instead. Of course, some depth of study is sacrificed..., but for what we consider a worthy goal."
"I consider her a very close colleague and friend," he said. "I'm going to miss her very, very much."