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...carry weapons or seek military protection. "Aid workers cannot sit like soldiers in armored cars," says Brendan Cox, a spokesman for the British aid group Oxfam. "That would undermine the reason we are there." To improve security, many organizations in Iraq are requiring workers to travel in groups and maintain radio contact with headquarters. Red Cross reps in Jerusalem have held secret meetings with members of Palestinian militant groups to ensure the safety of workers. Often, the only option is to scale back operations. In Iraq, many groups did just that after a suicide bombing devastated U.N. headquarters in Baghdad...
Groups come in many shapes and sizes. Most appointments last 90 minutes to 2 1/2 hours and involve half a dozen to 25 participants. Patients are urged to maintain confidentiality; many doctors require privacy waivers. Physical examinations may be conducted in the presence of the entire group or in private exam rooms before group discussions. Of course, shared visits are not appropriate for every patient. They don't work very well with the acutely ill, the demented or the hearing impaired. Nor are they well suited to one-time consultations...
Thank you for the superb article about eating smarter [Oct. 20]. It certainly proved that spending millions on fad-diet books is a waste of time. Why is it that people who want to lose weight don't understand that they have to adopt eating habits they must maintain for the rest of their life? Everything they need to know was included in your reporting. After I read your story, I danced around the room, saying "Yes, yes, yes!" Barbara Watson Nipomo, Calif...
...units] will help us maintain a strong residential campus, as well as relieve the pressure on the local housing market,” Marshall said...
...know it sounds a little cliché, but they leave a stamp on us and if we can follow their lead, if we can adopt that attitude and maintain it in the future, then our program is going in just the right direction...