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...President, whose pursuit of Catholic and Hispanic voters in his two campaigns once helped reshape his party, could be grateful for his guest's sensitive political instincts. In his greeting, the Pontiff did not mention the war, though he did call for "patient efforts of international diplomacy to resolve conflicts." The Pope will need to draw on all of that sensitivity. His visit came as many American Catholics remain livid over the church's recent pedophilia scandals. Benedict agreed in remarks to U.S. bishops that the issue had been "sometimes very badly handled"--the first real admission of the church...
...levels are encouraged to expand their skills, which is how employees who start out as secretaries or housekeepers eventually wind up as technicians on surgical teams. That helps lead to a one-year retention rate of 96%, besting the industry-average 88%, and, ultimately, to better care for patients, says chief human-resources officer Joseph Cabral, who likes to display a chart that shows patient-satisfaction scores rising with employee engagement...
...events and away from their abstracted, spectator sport status. Maybe canteens in the meat- and potato-addicted states will take a while to catch on, but that should only further motivate this effort. When statistics consistently show that lifestyle and diet changes are more effective than any medicine, a patient should be happy with a prescription for a 30-minute run and cardamom roasted cauliflower with his statin any day. It’s a marriage worth fighting for.—Columnist Rebecca A. Cooper can be reached at cooper3@fas.harvard.edu...
...clinics. The Council approved Decker’s measure with an amendment requiring the city manager to clarify the Council’s arrangement with CHA. Founded in 1996 from a merger between the city-owned hospitals of Cambridge and Somerville, CHA is a public hospital system that provides patient care and health education at several locations in the northern Boston metropolitan area. Since its formation 12 years ago, Cambridge has provided CHA with funding, said Cambridge City Councillor Henrietta J. Davis. Currently, the City allots six million dollars to CHA annually. But Decker said that CHA has not provided...
...goals apiece. “Princeton certainly has a very, very good defense,” Harvard coach John Tillman said. “And they have one of the best goalies in the Ivy League, so we knew we’d have to play well and be patient.” Harvard’s defense was equally impressive for the first 45 minutes, limiting the Tigers to only four goals. The fourth period, however, was a different story. In the final frame, Princeton won 4-of-6 faceoffs while the Crimson committed eight turnovers and managed only...