Word: fail
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...Physicians have legitimate concerns about the safety, efficacy and potential misuse of the herbal products that their patients are snapping up. More and more M.D.s, like their patients, accept that some herbal products may help where conventional treatments fail. The difference is that doctors tend to be more demanding of proof. Or as Dr. Yank Coble of the American Medical Association puts it, "In God we trust. All others must have data...
...with suspense, The Siege has also raised the ire of Arab-American groups fuming at yet another portrayal of Arabs as crazed religious zealots and bombers. The Siege has many shortfalls, including two-dimensional characters. The Siege has its thrills and suspenses, and its big name cast shouldn't fail to lure the crowds, but don't expect much more than a typical action flick with the twist of modern day relevance. Keith D. DesRochers...
...decision would affect the more than 240 undergraduates who typically take History 10: "Western Societies, Politics and Cultures," each year. Yet many professors and students in the department say a replacement is both unnecessary and would fail to address the issues History 10 was designed to cover...
Programs such as foreign sales corporations are a product of Congress's attempts to legislate economic behavior--attempts that generally fail, to the detriment of the Treasury. In 1971 legislators became alarmed at the growing trade deficit--imports that exceeded exports--and the threat to American jobs. So Congress came up with a program, the Domestic International Sales Corporation, that deferred corporate taxes on export income. The idea was to encourage companies to keep jobs here...
...famous locales [SHOW BUSINESS, Oct. 26]. I've been going to Vegas for more than 30 years, and I think guys like Wynn have gone too far. It is ludicrous to create billion-dollar facsimiles of famous places. I predict this attempt to attract baby boomers like me will fail miserably. MARK THOMAS Oakland, Calif...