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...self-described policy wonk, Bissell is clearly more interested in the details of governance than in big ideas (the subject of several recent books by Indian CEOs). "Let's go into the trenches," he says, with the air of the classic patrician philanthropist, "and see what needs to be done." (See pictures of India's health care crisis...
...voted against the pact, however, said it was a victory for civil liberties. "Nobody is challenging the need for finance tracking to fight terrorism," says Reinhard Bütikofer, the leader of the German Parliament members from the Green Party. "But we challenge the idea this can only be done without privacy guarantees. We devalue democracy when we compromise on fundamental rights...
...doctor couldn't get (and hold) good position with a closed reduction and casting - and I thought he probably could. Finally I told Peter that in 20 years I had operated on only about 200 fractures like Carol's, while the justifiably famous professor down the block had done more than...
...about the same as it would have been with closed treatment, minus some scars, some scary days in the hospital and a good bit of pain. Yet had she opted for closed treatment, any pain or stiffness at all would invariably bring up that doubt: "wouldn't I have done better with the surgery? Everybody's doing it." The bottom line is that we can rely on statistics (sometimes) but in any individual case no one can ever knows how a given treatment will work, or how a different one would have. People must put their practical trust in something...
...mighty Austrian team, which came into the games as a heavy medal favorite. To the stunned amazement of the many Austrian fans roving around Whistler, the performance has been something of a national nightmare in the sport the Austrians have dominated. The Yanks, on the other hand, have always done well in Canada. Gold and bronze medalist Lindsey Vonn practically owns Lake Louise, a stop on the women's tour. Throw in Julia Mancuso's two silvers and the U.S. alpine team has now won seven medals at the Vancouver games, its highest total ever. Whistler isn't exactly home...