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...film makes no attempt to explain these events, and that is, I think, a defect. It merely summons us to witness, asks us to do what we can to prevent similar atrocities. Chang did a little better in her book, suggesting that ordinary Japanese soldiers were so miserably treated by their officers that when they were given the opportunity, they simply surrendered to animalistic instinct. That seems likely - but it also seems somehow inadequate. It occurs to one that this is a story that requires more thoughtful, even theoretical, probing...
...Twelve percent of survey participants said they thought placebos should be banned completely from regular clinical practice. Among the doctors who prescribed them, one in five said they outright lied to patients by claiming a placebo was medication. But more commonly, the physicians came up with creative ways to explain, saying the substance might help but wouldn't hurt, or that "this may help you but I'm not sure how it works." For its part, the American Medical Association (AMA), the largest association of U.S. doctors and medical students, tells its members that "[p]hysicians may use placebos...
...explain. In 2041 the trust fund that pays Social Security benefits is projected to run out of money. After that, a yawning gap between benefits and income stretches as far as an actuary's eye can see. This long-term gap is what President George W. Bush was trying to address with his failed plans to partly privatize Social Security. It's been the focus of almost all recent debate about the program...
...interview, former Political Chair Katherine E. Smith ’10, said, “the BGLTSA serves a social and community building function and, subsequently, must temper its political stances and activities so to be inclusive of all queer individuals.” She went on to explain that LGBT rights, such as the fight for equal marriage rights or the effort to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), deserve strong, unified support from the organization that can’t afford to be tempered. Smith makes a good point. To put her diplomatic language into straightforward terms...
...that bring them here. It is a microcosm of the diversity of "Consumer India" that marketing guru Rama Bijapurkar talks about in her new book We Are Like That Only: Understanding the Logic of Consumer India. "We are like that only..." is a particularly Indian English expression used to explain or excuse the country's idiosyncratic traits...