Word: equal
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...William Osler, father of modern medicine, catapulted clinical practice forward by centuries. Marveling at heart transplantation, gene sequencing, and tissue engineering wizardry, Osler might perseverate on why millions lack access to basic primary care. Troubled by a nation advanced in technology but crippled by the problem of equal access to quality health care, the doctor places his dinner selection: compassion. The consummate healer eloquently speaks of aequanimitas–a balanced state of health, wisdom, insight, and clarity...
...tall handsome person enters a room, draws attention, and “looks like a leader.” Various studies have shown that tall men are often favored, and corporate CEOs are taller than average. Moreover, tall men tend to earn more than shorter men. Other things being equal, an inch of height is worth nearly $800 a year in salary. But that may simply tell us about the stereotypes of what corporate boards think a CEO should look like and not that taller men are better leaders. Some of the most powerful leaders in history, such as Napoleon...
France: The benchmark system is neither truly socialized nor fully equal...
Radford is not being entirely fair: Obama has increased alternative-energy funding to record levels and assembled a green team of advisers. They include his Energy Secretary, the Nobel Prize - winning Steven Chu, who told me recently that "the climate-change problem is at least equal in magnitude" to World War II. He's right. And if Obama wants to win this war, he's going to have to fight, not just make peace...
...practice his best and worst one-liners; he flaunts his wealth and insults the many magistrates who persistently investigate his business dealings; and, as of late, he has boasted of his Casanova charms, publicly swooning over a former showgirl turned politician, Mara Carfagna, whom he appointed his Minister of Equal Opportunity last year. (His trusted ally Umberto Bossi referred this week to Berlusconi's reputed use of Viagra...