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...should be allowed to practice without the fear of being sued. Tests should be run solely to help with diagnosis and treatment and not to keep lawyers off practitioners' backs. Queries by the doctors to health schemes should be handled by medical professionals and not operatives with only one main aim: to save money rather than help the patient. Anton van Eeden, PHILIPSTOWN, SOUTH AFRICA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vegas or Bust? | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...roughly the Zuckerberg we get at the end. And that’s the main issue—the script sets him up as an underdog who fights against privilege to achieve a glittering rags-to-riches success, but his motivations seem so shallow (or, if we’re going to be kind, inscrutable) that we don’t really care...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Facebook: The Movie | 9/20/2009 | See Source »

Anchor Meredith Vieira wanted to know the answer to one main question: “So does philosophical reasoning have a place in modern life...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Harvard's Philosopher King Brings Justice to the Masses | 9/20/2009 | See Source »

Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock is chaos at Rafah Crossing, the Egyptian-controlled entrance to the Gaza Strip. Black-clad Egyptian security forces stand by their trucks, ready if things get out of hand. Aid convoys line up in front of the main gate. Hundreds of Palestinians have already massed before the first checkpoint, yelling at border security in their effort to push through. Off to one side, a group of travelers tries to revive a sick woman who has lost consciousness. Egyptian security look on. Tempers are mounting. This is Day One of a rare three-day border...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entering Gaza: The Hard Way in from Egypt | 9/20/2009 | See Source »

...more noticeable successes. Devereaux’s sons—George, who narrates the film, and Robbie—are underdeveloped as characters. They toss out stock adolescent protests like “You don’t even know me” from time to time, but their main role is on their mother’s coattails. The plot itself is supposed to be at least loosely based on the childhood of perennially bronzed Hollywood has-been George Hamilton, but this could easily escape the average viewer’s notice. These blemishes are also negligible...

Author: By Shijung Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: My One and Only | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

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