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...contrast to Menand’s words on this year’s committee, the work of the 2004-2005 committee was often shrouded in secrecy, compromising the process of general education reform, according to some professors. The committee has also been criticized of working independently of broader faculty discussions...
...contrast with the plans of this summer's committee, the work of the 2004-2005 committee was often shrouded in secrecy; some faculty members have said that secrecy compromised the process of general education reform. The committee has been criticized for working independently of broader faculty discussions...
...scientific judgments. "Certain activists and organizations are mounting a campaign to prevent this vaccine from becoming widely available," the letter stated. "They cite the possibility that, by preventing a horrible disease, and more than 3,700 deaths a year, this vaccine could remove an obstacle to teenage sex.... In contrast to the strong scientific evidence supporting the effectiveness of the cervical cancer vaccine, there is no scientific evidence to support the fear that its use will promote sexual activity...
...MRSA strains turning up in the community at large are related to but different from the ones found in medical institutions. The hospital variety usually requires intervention with powerful intravenous antibiotics and is pretty hard to catch. By contrast, the new strains of MRSA respond to a broader range of antibiotics but spread much more easily among otherwise healthy folks. The bugs can be picked up on playgrounds, in gyms and in meeting rooms, carried on anything from a shared towel to a poorly laundered necktie...
...finished studying the photographs, I turned to the next story--about the complex surgery performed on the injured racehorse Barbaro. Why is it that we are willing to spend many thousands of dollars on a finely tuned animal yet virtually ignore the scope of human need? The contrast is mind boggling. LYNN MARK St. Louis...