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...Andriole recommends a screening approach tailored to the particular patient. "If the man sitting in front of me was an elderly man with a medical condition and he looked like he had a limited life expectancy - say seven to 10 years," Andriole says, "I think I could have a good conscience in telling him that the PSA test is not necessarily...
There was a comical moment in the front row at a recent runway show in Paris when two magazine editors in sharply tailored jackets had to pivot awkwardly in their seats to make room for their linebacker shoulder pads. Not since Tess McGill suited up to outwit her boss in Working Girl in 1988 have big shoulders played such a prominent role in fashion. For fall, designers like Michael Kors, Donna Karan and Stefano Pilati of Yves Saint Laurent showed structured jackets, enlisting the signature '80s power tool to try to give shaky consumers some self-assurance--and, they hope...
...Beverly Hills company called Real D took the lead on the theater side. It leases out a kind of digital shutter system that sits in front of digital projectors, alternating the two views of each frame 144 times per sec.--fast enough to achieve stereovision. The new system uses polarization, rather than color-coding. Gone are the completely cheesy cardboard glasses, replaced with slightly less cheesy disposable plastic-frame glasses that have gray lenses. "Someday," predicts Katzenberg, "people will buy their own movie glasses, which they'll take to the movies--like people have their own tennis rackets...
Brian Williams The former volunteer firefighter is the Emmy Award--winning anchor of NBC Nightly News. Barack Obama's election has forever changed the poster of the Presidents in the front of most elementary-school classrooms in the U.S. We have now lived long enough to see historic change in the White House. Converting that into a successful presidency is another matter...
...It’s important for the deans—especially for Dean Smith and for President Faust—to get out front on this issue and help to beat the drums for it,” Menand said. “Just so people understand what we’re doing and why it’s innovative...