Word: progressives
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...Horgan's patients take nothing stronger than Tylenol after surgery), shorter recoveries and no risk of hernia. Surgeons have created a national organization called the Natural Orifice Consortium for Assessment and Research, or NOSCAR, to track the procedure's success and safety, and to collect data on patients' progress. NOSCAR also monitors the risk of infection with natural-orifice surgery, which doctors anticipate will be significantly lower than with traditional laparoscopic procedures - since the longer it takes an incision to heal, the greater the risk of infection...
...debate over the future of golf, as in so many sports at present, excitement over progress competes with reverence for the past. At Augusta, though, it's no contest - nostalgia has been the driving force behind the changes to the course, and also explains the tournament's wider efforts to foster a throwback feel. Part of the appeal of any sport is the link it provides to previous generations. But because the Masters is the only major golf tournament to return to the same course every year, the notion of following in the footsteps of one's forebears is literal...
...restructuring. “Even though we are cutting substantially over three million dollars in our budget, we are managing to do things other schools aren’t within our budget,” Fowler-Finn said. Cambridge resident Peter Schweich criticized the superintendent for incorrectly representing the progress of Cambridge schools. He said that the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) graduation rates, proclaimed as “among the highest in the state” on the district’s Web site, mask the fact that Cambridge is in the “42nd percentile...
...attempt from other countries to establish political stability in Chad. The European Union approved a peacekeeping force in January to try to quell the fighting. But, according to de Waal, “I think it’s impossible for that kind of force to make any progress without there being a political process.” The conflict and refugees both in Darfur and in Chad have spilled over their respective borders, exacerbating the turmoil. “The crises are now so entangled that, if you want a solution in one, you have to have a solution...
...conducts it with great good humor so that most of the time it’s fun,” Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath ’70 said. “Most of the time you feel very good and satisfied with the progress we make each hour.”This last leg of the process which consisted of meetings that lasted late into the night, were physically as well as mentally demanding, Donahue said.But Fitzsimmons said he finds the whole experience exhilarating. “You learn all about 27,000 life stories. You learn about...