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...patients a year. It is imperative that people have confidence in their doctors. But passage of the proposed bill will diminish doctor accountability while increasing patient vulnerability. Because an arbitrary cap on damages cannot account for pain and suffering—as it does not correlate to any economic formula??allowing juries to decide an appropriate award is only fair. Capping the amount of damages payable to victims of malpractice undermines the importance of an unimpeded jury system, free from restraints that might hinder their ability to judiciously determine the level of damages on a case-by-case...
...this “Prom” makes indie pop that fluctuates between rhythmically intense and sentimental—not so prom-like at all. The band’s piano-driven songs recall Ben Folds Five, but the Prom improves on the formula??they are intricate, rowdy and pleasing rather than simplistic and annoying...
...focusing on the statistic and its new record-holder, Barry Bonds (who happens to be fourth up in the bottom of the first). The formula has won him acclaim from academic colleagues—Morris gave a talk to the American Statistical Association on Sept. 25 to discuss the formula??as well as sabermetricians, people who dedicate their lives to the analysis and improvement of baseball statistics...
...many years the Sox squandered money on overpriced position players—Mike Lansing, anyone?—and didn’t provide Pedro Martinez with adequate support. Now it seems that Red Sox brass have at last learned to copy the Yankees’ winning formula??pitching pitching pitching. (Indeed it was only through adhering to that very doctrine that Arizona, led by Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson, were able to take down the Yankees in last year’s World Series...
This kind of homemade touch is part of the Billings & Stover formula??part nostalgia, part bizarre. At the cosmetics counter, for example, Madanian maintains a supply of old-school perfumes...