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...Medicine is a world where we have a 97 percent likelihood of succeeding in avoiding complications,” Gawande says in a phone interview with The Crimson. “Most people would look at that and think that’s pretty good, but there are people out there who look at that 3 percent, recognize that it occurs with tens of millions of patients, and see that it translates into a lot of deaths...
...while Hutton's research is prodigious, he seems to begin with a set of preconceived ideas, and makes clear in his acknowledgments that he took on this project at the urging of his agent, despite knowing very little about China. I'm inclined to agree with Mann on the likelihood of democracy evolving in China anytime soon: as long as the economic boom continues to raise living standards, many Chinese will be inclined to leave the current system-authoritarian as it may be-alone. There is a place in the world, of course, for inductive reasoning like Hutton...
...very least make such an event more difficult to execute. We believe that the stricter control of firearms is imperative. Pundits have suggested that more minimal gun controls—specifically the elimination of gun-free zones like college campuses—could have reduced the likelihood of such a killing spree. We believe, however, that having fewer guns in school zones specifically and in the public arena at large will make for a safer and less violent society. To work towards this goal, states must work more closely with the federal government to ensure that federal gun regulations...
...From everything we know so far, however, Cho was suffering from none of these things. Any wounds that he carried were deeper, psychic ones - and in all likelihood, he shared them with most of the mass shooters who have gone before him. In many ways, the profile of the mass killer looks a lot like the profile of the clinical narcissist, and that's a very bad thing. Never mind the disorder's name, narcissism is a condition defined mostly by disablingly low self-esteem, requiring the sufferer to seek almost constant recognition and reward. When the world...
...referring to young pollees’ confidence that the UN and international cooperation are more effective means of conflict resolution than unilateral action by the United States. Della Volpe warned, however, that it was “awfully early” to assume a candidate’s likelihood of winning. Of those polled by the IOP, 42 percent said they would “definitely” vote in a primary or caucus, 61 percent said they would “definitely” vote in the general election, and three-quarters said they were registered to vote...