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...thought, I can punish my body, almost like I am sacrificing myself. I want to ski for a reason, to let them open their ears and listen. I want to tell people that they really have to watch out, that AIDS is serious. If people don't start taking drastic steps for prevention, then the whole continent will be affected. I guess that will be bye-bye to mankind...
...times it appears only at the site of the previous tumor. Moreover, the risk of cancer appearing elsewhere in the breast is about the same as the risk of occurrence in the other, healthy breast. "When you realize this, you realize that many women probably don't need drastic treatment." says Dr. Jayant Vaidya, a breast surgeon at the University College London in England who helped develop the radiation coil...
...Fletcher University Professor. Did Summers question West’s scholarship? His political activism? His recent decision to record a rap CD while taking a year-long medical leave? Whatever the substance of their discussion, it left West feeling flummoxed and disrespected and led him to consider taking the drastic step of abandoning Harvard for Princeton...
...reality of the recession, coupled with their inattention, has left the state with the undesirable position of having to make drastic spending reductions in social services for the next fiscal year. Because much of the budget is non-discretionary, there are few areas where cuts can be made. State leaders are now torn between cutting programs that provide crucial services to needy populations, such as the mentally ill, learning disabled and AIDS patients or slashing preventative programs such as teen anti-smoking campaigns and cancer awareness initiatives...
...United States, the impact on people's personal lives in the days following the attacks seemed immediate and drastic...