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...screen cholesterol." Those with very few other heart-disease risk factors, for example, probably don't need the extra blood work, since their cholesterol profile wouldn't make a big difference to overall risk anyway. Similarly, those patients with several risk factors for heart disease probably need treatment no matter what their cholesterol levels. By giving blood tests only to those on the fence, doctors can save resources for the tests and treatments that are warranted...
...breaking them up when they do. The latest crackdown is further proof of shifting loyalties, says B. Tsering, head of the Tibetan Women's Association. "Marches have been stopped before but they [the police] have not been so harsh as yesterday," she says. "They say it is a matter of public security but these kinds of things we consider baseless. The protesters were peaceful and fully trained in non-violent protest. We are just following the father of the nation of India [Mahatma Gandhi...
...writers of the show have taken that message to heart. In a co-signed editorial published in this week’s issue of Time, they argue that any citizen asked to serve on a jury for a non-violent drug case should vote to acquit, no matter what the crime. It doesn’t matter whether or not you agree; if the argument interests you, you need to track down DVDs of “The Wire.” It’s rare that a television show can offer that kind of intellectual honesty...
...believe so. Indeed, other religions make truth claims similar to those contained in the adhan, but those claims, as a matter of practice at Harvard, are voiced privately or not at all. The adhan, it seems, is the exception to Harvard’s unspoken rule of religious respect and tolerance...
...today's Italy, going up against organized crime leads not only to a loss of consensus and votes, but also to a world of trouble in getting public works projects completed. Our failure to take on these Mafias risks letting them live on and thrive forever. It doesn't matter who will govern the country after April; the Mob has already identified which candidates it can deal with on either side of the political divide.? ? Too many elections in Italy are won, even today, by the time-tested process of buying votes. It is an especially formidable weapon...