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...greatest risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) while traveling, say experts, are people with an inherited predisposition to blood clots?folks who have suffered previous incidents of thrombosis or who have close family members with a history of the disease. But other factors can also increase the likelihood of DVT. Age is important, says Patrick Kesteven, a consultant hematologist at Newcastle?s Freeman Hospital. A person in his mid-20s has a less than one-in-10,000 chance of developing DVT; by 75, the risk is closer to one in 1,000. Also at higher risk: people...
...more admiration is due for their courage in actually raising their concerns to Harvard officials. Parents should feel that the College is open to their questions and opinions, no matter whether they are adulatory or critical. The College's exclusionary response to the PSLM parents will only undermine the likelihood of earnest dialogue occurring in the future...
...Dartmouth can hold on and beat Brown for the third time this season, then the St. Lawrence-Harvard winner would also be essentially assured of a tournament berth. The loser of that game, in all likelihood, would have its selection chances come down to a comparison with No. 6 Minnesota to determine who gets the final berth...
...Those who know the President say there is little likelihood he will resign?and that he might not even accept an impeachment. "He's the kind of person who can do no wrong in his own mind," says Fachry Ali, an old friend of the President and head of a Jakarta think tank, the Institute for Business Ethics. "He's very stubborn." The President, who has suffered three strokes and is blind, is getting stranger by the day, baffling even the likes of Fachry. "Everybody is confused," he says, "his aides, his ministers, everybody...
...dispersed back across the nation and the world. Granted, we may emerge with a handful of lifelong friends, a rolodex of useful business acquaintances, and maybe--if we are lucky--a partner for life. But the person next door to you in your first year will not, in all likelihood, be the person next door to you in 50 years. Just as we are close together now, the same distance that plagues our families will someday plague our relations with one another...