Word: gentler
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...good news is that the situation is on the mend. Basic research into the molecular chemistry of cancer is well funded and advancing steadily, delivering better diagnoses and smarter drugs. Meanwhile, a series of dramatic improvements in the tools of treatment are moving into clinical trials, promising patients kinder, gentler ways to treat their cancers. Among the highlights...
...Truth is, a kinder, gentler approach to cancer is nothing new. Just ask the guys: prostate cancer patients have been treated with radioactive seeds and other local approaches for years. At last, it looks like equal treatment for women is making its way into the doctor's office...
...highest order in Shi'a Islam. And coming at a time when the Islamic Republic has "grown up" - which seems to mean that opposition activists are railroaded through the courts instead of being left strangled by the roadside - the raid is a clear message: even in these kinder, gentler times, crossing the lines can have perilous consequences. In Shirazi's case, the lines included questioning the supreme religious leader's absolute power and the theological merits of the man who currently holds that position, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. These academic-sounding matters are at the center of a fierce battle...
...hearts and minds” approach—attempting to make our enemies like us, or at least not to hate us enough to kill innocent Americans. Again, although there are certain responsible steps we should take, there’s good reason to doubt whether even a kinder, gentler America will have its virtue recognized. Even if we changed our Israel policy or dropped our sanctions on Iraq at bin Laden’s request, we would still be the most prominent and most successful devotee of the Western, secular spirit against which the radicals of the Muslim world...
...national culture. Meanwhile the U.S. has bombed, sanctioned and bullied its way to worldwide scorn, and domestically has failed to attempt a social program of anywhere near the scope of Canada’s. When former President George Bush announced his goal of leading a “kinder, gentler nation,” his neighbors to the north wondered whether he was planning to invade...