Word: deathly
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...This year, members of the education establishment questioned the wisdom of using interactive games to teach literacy. Although the introduction of digital mediums of reading may signal the death of the printed tome, we posited that literacy efforts are only effective if they connect with students. These games seem to do this and they should therefore be welcomed as a valuable tool for literacy education. We might have liked to see a similar generational medium enthuse math education in America as we lamented the dismal perception of the subject among America’s youth, and hoped that the field...
...then do we need cohort studies in Africa? We suggest at least five reasons. First, there may be unpredictable interactions between the simultaneous infectious and non-communicable disease epidemics unique to Africa. Second, it is important to determine population specific disease burdens in a region with few birth and death records and other health statistics. Third, humans evolved in East Africa, making African genetic diversity greater than elsewhere in the world. Studying the interaction between environmental factors and genes elucidates disease mechanisms. Fourth, the unparalleled geographic, social, and cultural diversity may reveal risk factors as yet unknown. The final reason...
...Mercifully, the abortion debate typically occurs within the boundaries a democracy sets, one of peaceful, if not always respectful, debate and advocacy on both sides. But what Tiller's murder reminds us is that in matters of life and death, the argument itself can become a matter of life and death...
...Bleass [sic] everyone for attending and praying in May to bring justice to Tiller and the closing of his death camp. Sometime soon, would it be feasible to organize as many people as possible to attend Tillers [sic] church (inside, not just outside) to have much more of a presence and possibly ask questions of the Pastor, Deacons, Elders and members while there? Doesn't seem like it would hurt anything but bring more attention to Tiller." - a poster identifying himself as Scott Roeder, at OperationRescue.org, in response to a scheduled vigil to "pray for an end to George...
...metric of battlefield progress was discredited for a generation in the U.S. military after the Vietnam debacle, but the body-count measurement appears to have been revived by the Army in Afghanistan. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the 101st Airborne Division has been publicizing each enemy death - for a total of nearly 2,000 - over the past 14 months. That news has already renewed the debate over the wisdom of relying on such numbers. "This isn't going to do anything to convince the American public that we're winning," says Lawrence Korb, a Pentagon personnel chief...