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Olestra, the fake fat that took Procter & Gamble 25 years and $200 million to develop, finally won FDA approval. Critics still contend that the zero-calorie, zero-cholesterol fat impostor, which passes through the body without being digested, causes unwanted side effects--among them diarrhea, cramps and, in rare cases, anal leakage. It can also rob the body of nutrients. Olestra products will carry a warning label...
...other, we contend that Harvard's mission includes incorporating student input and recognizing a responsibility to communities around Harvard as an institution. Even laying this aside, we furthermore argue that the College should have the dignity to carry forth its mission of veritas and not lie to its students and employees. The history of bureaucratic bungling of Core reform, calendar reform, House advising systems, and House randomization all illustrate this larger pattern of administrative deception. This history insults our intelligence...
Administrative snafus and tight dollars all around, however, have hurt the quality of care in Tennessee. TennCare critics say the program is often about managing costs, not care. The worse a patient's medical problems, critics claim, the worse the system works. That is, they contend, because the profits for managed-care groups lie in attracting healthy members who require little or no treatment in a given year. "The experience of people with severe disabilities is that they get poor care because, frankly, the provider hopes they will choose another provider," says Carol Westlake, executive director of the Coalition...
...problems are even worse. There is no direct evidence, other than the Bible, to suggest that Abraham's exploits - his rejection of idolatry, his travels to Canaan, his rescue of his nephew Lot from kidnappers in the Canaanite city of Laish (later renamed Dan) - ever happened. And critics contend that several of the kings and peoples Abraham supposedly encountered existed at widely separated times in history...
Nazareth, which many scholars contend was the most probable site of Jesus' birth (rather than Bethlehem), was a small agricultural village in the 1st century. It is only about an hour's walk from Sepphoris, a major commercial center where, according to recent excavations, Romans, Jews and (later) Christians once lived and worked in considerable harmony. Sepphoris is not mentioned in the New Testament, but some scholars speculate that Jesus, a carpenter by trade, might have found work there. If so, he may have been exposed to a wider range of cultures and ideas than his origins in rustic Nazareth...