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...Five years of progress under Thaksin has been ruined by five months of the junta's incompetence. This fact alone engraves Thaksin permanently in millions of Thai hearts, regardless of censorship and the prejudices of the local media. Varodom Toochinda Bangkok...
...detect lung cancers may not result in fewer deaths. Using statistical models, the authors calculated that when small lesions were diagnosed in patients, they ended up with the same mortality rate as those not screened. It turns out that the scans could pick up growths that do not progress into deadly cancer. However, another study, published last fall, found that screening shrinks death rates. The definitive trial, by the National Cancer Institute, should resolve the debate. Sadly, it's not due until...
Sudden technological progress plus suddenly large cities produced modern media. We know that today's digital revolution obeys Moore's Law, the doubling of computers' microprocessing power every 18 to 24 months. I discovered a comparable dynamic operating back in the old days. With steam power and new rotary presses during the first half of the 19th century, printing speed doubled every few years, which meant many more and much cheaper newspapers with larger circulations, and new illustrated magazines. Scientific American, Harper's and the Atlantic Monthly all started between 1845 and 1857. The New York Sun, Herald, Tribune...
...essay will be compared to the students’ freshman fall writing placement exam in order to analyze their progress...
...think [Bok] is asking an important question,” Sosland Director of Expository Writing Nancy Sommers, whom Bok consulted before launching the program, said. “He wants to know whether or not students progress as writers during their years at Harvard...