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...publication in the International Journal of Surgery, drawing letters to the editor which ultimately put Retsky on his present course, One of the letters, from a lawyer in Tennessee, reported a common belief among the African-American community that tumors should be left alone lest surgery “provoke?? them. The correspondence sparked Retsky’s interest in a racial angle to his theory. “Myths seldom lack any connection with reality,” his new paper reads. “Could it be that [African-Americans] believe in the myth twice...

Author: By Charlie E. Riggs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Breast Cancer Surgery May Do Harm | 3/2/2007 | See Source »

Like any near-quadracentenarian, fair Harvard’s Square is often in need of a little work. Along with the traditional façade facelifts and refreshing injections of central air into upstairs apartments, the prospect of tenant renegotiations tends to provoke??how do we say this—a quasi-tangible aura of excitement around campus...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: TD Banknorth Square | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

...with female faculty tenure rates. We want our University president to lead the discussions on ways to overcome gender inequalities—not to offer ways to rationalize them. As the letter from the Standing Committee on Women told Summers, “your efforts to ‘provoke?? your audience did not serve our institution well...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Sticks and Stones...? | 1/21/2005 | See Source »

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