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...Nonetheless, getting patients to submit to the onslaught is hard. More than most cancer patients, adolescents dwell in the "Why me?" phase and resist treatment that robs them of looks and vitality. Supple's mother Jenny says he threatened "all the time" to stop taking his medicine and could go for days without speaking. During his numerous hospital stays, his Mum or Dad was always with him, but nurses and psychologists also helped - a coordinated support staff typical of pediatric hospitals. Andrew Young, chief executive officer of CanTeen, a support organization for young people with cancer, echoes the calls...
...panel prices drop, so will margins, potentially forcing some weaker players out of the business. There are already signs of a shake-out. In September, Taiwan's Chi Mei Optoelectronics halted construction on a panel factory. Japan's Mitsubishi Electric said it will phase out production of large LCD panels altogether, filling its TV sets with panels made by other companies. Even market leader LG.Philips LCD, a joint venture between Korea's LG Electronics and the Netherlands' Royal Philips Electronics, reported a 15% drop in net profit in the third quarter due to a decline in panel prices. Competition will...
...heaviest fighting was still to come. The next day the 3rd Platoon and the rest of Task Force 2-2 reached Phase Line Fran, Fallujah's central bisecting road. From there they could stare into the city's notorious industrial area, a hot spot particularly for foreign fighters and the scene of innumerable past battles with the Marines. Sporadic gunfire from the decaying warehouses, cement plants and junkyards provoked U.S. tanks to unleash high-explosive rounds at insurgent positions. The Wolf Pack's fire-support officer called in mortar fire on buildings and locations where movement was seen. Even...
...them to provide clues about Morcombe's disappearance (the boy has still not been found). But the operation was a model for other state police forces. On Sept. 7, police in Western Australia and the Northern Territory mounted their own raids. Rouse and his team launched a second phase, hunting down men spread out across remote parts of Queensland. Then on Sept. 27, police forces across Australia began arresting suspects in city centers. The targets were so numerous the raids took two days to complete...
After an extremely successful fall campaign and a top-two finish in Northeast regional play on Sunday afternoon, the Radcliffe rugby team qualified this weekend for the Sweet 16 phase of the USA Rugby National Championship Series...