Word: correcting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would take the case. The American Civil Liberties Union wouldn't take it because it was non-politically correct, and the civil-rights lawyers said they couldn't take it because it would hurt the black community," says McLaughlin. "civil rights is perceived as a black issue, when it's a people issue...
...Crimson bother to look at the book in question, my review of it or the letter exchanged between Sack and me that was subsequently published? Did they bother to make even the most minimal effort to ascertain whether Sack's assault on my integrity, which is defamatory, is correct? Did they bother to check any of Sack's unattributed quotations and bald assertions? Did they ask Sack to justify any of his charges or the manner in which he characterizes me? Or did they simply print his piece because it made "good copy?" Since I now fall into the category...
...flood of reports detailing how well various protease inhibitors were working on adults. "I couldn't in good conscience come back to Houston and take care of 300 kids with HIV and keep telling families that we couldn't offer protease inhibitors because we didn't know the correct dose," he remembers thinking. So Kline designed a simple study of 20 kids, ages 4 to 12, and made an educated guess at a dose that might be strong enough to do some good without doing irreparable harm. "The companies have not generated these data," he says. "I'm doing...
...infant twin boys when, in 1963, his penis was damaged beyond repair by a circumcision that went awry. After seeking expert advice at Johns Hopkins Medical School, the parents decided that the child's best shot at a normal life was as an anatomically correct woman. The baby was castrated, and surgeons fashioned a kind of vagina out of the remaining tissue. When "she" grew older, hormone treatments would complete the transformation from boy to girl...
...worth only $122 five years later, vs. $232 for industry competitors. Sure, Reebok's stock has seen the light in the past 10 months, but this glitch hardly gives CalPERS assurance of the company's future long-term success. Our putting Reebok on the laggard list is as correct as the old adage: If the shoe fits, wear it. PATRICIA K. MACHT, Chief CalPERS Office of Public Affairs Sacramento, California...