Word: nelda
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...Nelda LaTeef ’81 brings joy to children ages five to nine—and also to Walter Cronkite and Chris Evert. LaTeef’s first children’s book, The Hunter and the Ebony Tree, was published earlier this year. Tennis champion Chris Evert calls it “a truly satisfying read,” and venerated CBS anchor Walter Cronkite calls it “lovely,” according to praise on the book jacket. LaTeef is happiest, however, with the praise of her five-year-old nephew...
...This casts grave doubt on the procedure," says Nelda Wray, chief of general medicine at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston and one of the researchers on the study. "It's putting people at risk for no benefit." It's also expensive: at $5,000 a pop, the operation was costing the U.S. more than $1 billion a year...