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Dallas cardiologist Lawrence Poliner says his case shows how peer review can be abused. Last August a jury awarded him damages of $366 million from Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and three colleagues who trumped up charges of substandard care against him to eliminate him as a competitor. Says Poliner: "It's unfathomable that a process that should be about healing could be used to attack doctors." Obstetrician John Raviotta, after reporting to state authorities dangerous obstetrics policies at the Community Memorial Health Center in South Hill, Va., lost privileges there as a result of a peer review that included doctors...
...British army began demolishing some of its remaining installations, and the I.R.A. said it was ready to dispose of all its weapons with witnesses from the Protestant and Catholic churches present. But can Northern Ireland's Troubles end that easily? Unionists, led by Ian Paisley, a fiery Free Presbyterian preacher, point out that the I.R.A. has made lots of promises in the past without ever fully giving up violent and criminal activities - or intimidating witnesses so that no one is ever prosecuted. "Does [the statement] mean that if they're involved in crimes, the rule of law applies to them...
Although his father is an Assemblies of God minister, Ezell is an outspoken enemy of "clergy smugglers," who grant sanctuary to illegal immigrants. INS agents in Ezell's region have infiltrated congregations in Arizona whose members are being prosecuted for taking in such aliens. The Presbyterian and American Lutheran churches last week sued the INS and other Government agencies for these activities, but Ezell's convictions are firm. "You either obey laws or you don't," he says. "The Bible tells you to obey laws...
...couple will be married on July 23 in the First Presbyterian Church of Boca Raton, in Boca Raton, Fla. The couple’s blockmates will serve as bridesmaids and groomsmen.—A.M.L...
...house? " Despite its waterways, Vancouver is a world away from the Sydney harborside suburb of Hunters Hill where McKenzie grew up. Its leafy, conservative environs might have contained the lawyer's daughter, had not drama pushed her over the bridge to nida straight out of Presbyterian Ladies' College. At acting school, the most useful tool learned was phonetics, she says, "which basically means if I'm on a bus anywhere in the world and I hear someone talking with a fantastic accent, I can write down on a piece of paper how that person is talking, and later...