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...Another method, called MammoSite, does the job in five days. MammoSite delivers radioactive seeds to the tumor site through tiny balloons temporarily implanted after lumpectomy surgery. So far, a few dozen women have tried MammoSite, which may get FDA approval as early as this year. Trials on hundreds of women for several years are still needed to be certain that the new methods are as effective as conventional radiation...
We’d like to think that universal rights are reasonably clear—that a well-informed, rational person (or at least a well-intentioned Harvard administrator) could know whether or not the University were in compliance. If there’s no method of resolving a dispute between experts, let alone average students, as to the meaning of the word “adequate,” then the existence of a universal right to adequate wages seems rather doubtful. It becomes an entirely mysterious matter how much money—how much food, how much sleep...
...territory at Guantanamo, has interestingly chosen to fudge the issue. A government statement carried in the official daily Granma noted that "Despite the fact that we hold different positions as to the most efficient way to eradicate terrorism, the difference between Cuba and the United States lies in the method and not in the need to put an end to that scourge." The statement says the Castro government is satisfied by assurances from Washington that the operation poses no threat to Cuba's security. Havana also offers cooperation in respect of any medical, sanitation and pest-control needs that...
There is a third method of dealing with examination questions—that is by the use of an overpowering assumption, an assumption so cosmic that it is sometimes accepted. For example, we wrote that it was pretty obvious that the vague generality was the key device in any discussion of examination writing. Why is it obvious? As a matter of fact, it wasn’t obvious at all, but just an arbitrary point form which to start. This is an example of an unwarranted assumption...
These questions are good examples of why good faith collective bargaining is the best method of determining wages and benefits; Harvard does not have the ability or the right to answer them...