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...much integrity does Ashcroft have if he is willing to put aside his strongly held beliefs for his ambition? He says he will enforce the law rather than his beliefs. Does ambition then dampen his integrity, or will he work with one hand to follow the rules and with the other to overturn them? Women's reproductive rights are under renewed attack. I fear zealots in any form. This nomination convinces me that Bush is not concerned with conciliation. PAT LINDSAY Mattoon...
Researchers are also searching for new drugs to dampen the inflammation process. The goal of such treatments is not so much to remove a fatty plaque from inside an artery but rather to convert it from a more dangerous form to a more stable one. This may be one of the reasons a daily dose of aspirin, which is both an anti-inflammatory and a blood thinner, can help prevent heart attacks. But doctors would like to have a drug that targets coronary inflammation more specifically and aggressively than aspirin...
...even a torrential downpour could dampen the spirits of the No. 18 Harvard field hockey team in its battle for local supremacy against No. 13 Boston College at Alumni Stadium last night...
...language about the pill's being limited to "physicians who can accurately determine the duration of a patient's pregnancy" to mean that they should do this with ultrasound--and most do not have ultrasound equipment in their office. Likewise, special training and extra malpractice insurance might dampen enthusiasm for offering the drug. Doctors will have the extra burden of locating those women who do not return for the final visit to make sure their pregnancy has been terminated. Were there to be an increase in complications or birth defects associated with mifepristone (none have yet been reported), insurance companies...
...Will oil prices, which can act like a tax and dampen consumer spending, continue to do the Fed's soft-landing work for it? Or will they smother the boom? Will corporate earnings pick up? Will the euro ever recover? As the Fed chairman made clear with those ever-so-slightly-hawkish comments about energy prices, Uncle Alan may be on the sidelines - but he's watching. And he'll see us in December...