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...positive two weeks ago," continues Kim. "I had never seen a CD4 count so low; I could not believe she was still walking without blatant evidence of infection. I tried to impress upon her father the urgency of the situation, the full import of such an immunocompromised state, the dire need for ARVS, urging him to return as soon as possible for adherence counseling with a second caregiver. His response and reply shocked me. There is no hurry, he tells me. I need to wait. He will return when he is ready. There is no emergency. I was sensing defiance...
...Andrei R. Plair ’07 said. “But once we got the ball rolling, we just kept it rolling.” The loss of several key senior players from last year’s team made initial losses to Yale and Boston College appear dire. The turning point of the season, according to both coaches and players, came when Nicholas Mott ’07 delivered a heartfelt and inspiring locker room speech before a Dartmouth game. “Nick’s been injured so he hasn’t been playing...
...Send In The Striped-Pants-and Money Set: In the short term, flood Iraq with seasoned U.S. diplomats in a new initiative to work with the Iraqi government and various factions to discover ways to ameliorate the dire conditions and heightened tension. The diplomats who refuse to go would be forced to leave government - three years into the war the State Department has managed to staff only 52% of its positions dealing with Iraq. Recruit and deploy economic managerial expertise from the U.S. government and private sector to find ways to employ Iraqis. In the short term, find ways...
...worry about it! That could be the Republicans' mantra as they head into congressional elections on Tuesday following weeks of negative news stories, discouraging developments in Iraq and polls that suggest a possibly dire outcome for the party - likely the loss of control of the House, and perhaps of the Senate...
...grocery stores can already sell wine—but only at three of their Massachusetts locations. Why should shoppers not be able to buy wine from a grocer’s Cambridge location but have no trouble finding it on the shelves at its Boston store? We find dire predictions that Question One will cause the Bay State to be overrun with underage winos and drunk drivers unconvincing. According to the “Vote No On Question One” website, 15 and 16 year old clerks who work at grocery stores cannot be relied upon to vet buyers?...