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...found no [connections between] coffee consumption and heart disease, and were able to control for many other factors that might lead to incorrect conclusions," said Dr. Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at SPH and lead author of the study...

Author: By Kaustuv Sen, | Title: Investigators Say Coffee, Caffeine Have No Effect on Chances of Heart Disease | 2/16/1996 | See Source »

This statement is incorrect in two respects. I can hardly be said to be "feuding" with Dr. Afrasiabi when I have never replied, either privately or publicly, to the many intemperate letters, advertisements and telephone calls that he has directed towards me during these five years. In fact, this letter is the first time I have reacted to these messages, and I am doing so now only because the article contains misstatements of fact. Dr. Afrasiabi's account is also incorrect because I have no involvement whatsoever in his arrest and am still not fully aware of the details...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Article on Trial of Harvard Post-Doc Was in Error | 2/15/1996 | See Source »

...return it on time, leaving in the middle of a holiday party thrown by friends to take the tape back. I informed the woman at the counter that I had returned the tape on time. She insisted that I had not. I again informed her that she was incorrect...

Author: By David B. Lat, | Title: Rudeness Runs Amok | 2/15/1996 | See Source »

...course, Mad TV is not without its lapses. Though it has steadily improved since its unpromising early episodes, there are still sketches so heavy-handed in their attempt to appear politically incorrect that they are virtually unwatchable, such as one offensive and recurring bit in which Mary Scheer plays an old bimbo whose chain-smoking causes cancer in everyone around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: THE BATTLE FOR SATURDAY NIGHT | 2/12/1996 | See Source »

...first began the moment her husband was elected and the public realized this was no Barbara Bush. Hillary Rodham Clinton has revolutionized the role of the First Lady into one which makes use of the word "lady" seem very politically incorrect. While legal malpractice and financial corruption are indeed condemnable behavior, asserting oneself as an intelligent, controlled and determined woman is not. One must be careful not to confuse Hillary Clinton's "unfeminine," agressive nature with a complete usurpation of her husband's power. We must not condemn her simply for having a greater influence over her husband than...

Author: By Erica S. Schacter, | Title: PERSPECTIVES | 2/9/1996 | See Source »

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