Word: presbyterianism
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...defeated Nationalist troops there in 1949, the Taipei government will be led by one of the native Taiwanese, who make up 80% of the total population of 20 million. Lee, 65, was born to a family of rice and tea farmers on the island's north coast. A devout Presbyterian who speaks English fluently, he was educated in Kyoto, Japan, and earned a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Cornell in 1968. Lee joined the Cabinet as a Minister Without Portfolio in 1972 and later served as Taipei mayor and Taiwan province governor. The new President has no political base, however...
...promised to hold a national vote of confidence after next September's Olympic Games in Seoul and to step down if he lost the plebiscite. Pressing his theme of national reconciliation, he prayed with Buddhist monks and met with Presbyterian leaders. Roh delayed a meeting with Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou Hwan at Seoul's Myongdong Cathedral, where a band of students was demonstrating against the election. He worked hard to keep his campaign image of the ordinary man, urging a delegation of garbage collectors to call him Mister instead of the customary Your Excellency. But his ultimate sacrifice may have...
...cast, and the threat of infection deep within remains. "If the site gets infected, you lose the transplant," Schmidt warns. "It's way too early to tell if there are going to be any complications," says Dr. Steven Gitelis, director of the bone bank at Chicago's Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. The once frozen ligaments and tendons may not properly hold the knee together, and the original cartilage may fail to cushion it from shocks. "I would wait at least a year to proclaim success," he adds. Even so, says Mankin...
...first well-defined national cholesterol-level standards for adults and spelled out precisely what physicians should do once ^ a patient's cholesterol level is determined. "Medical practice is going to undergo a major change on the basis of this report," said Panel Chairman DeWitt S. Goodman of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City...
Damage appeared to be worst in Whittier, the closest suburban area to the epicenter. Marsha Andersen, a spokeswoman for Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, said 60 people had been treated for earthquake related injuries...