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Relman: Because it helps maintain the quality of information that gets to the public. The public interest is not served by rapid dissemination of premature, incomplete, inaccurate, sensational information. The public interest is better served by getting the facts straight, by getting reliable information at a time when the medical profession also has the information and can advise and can help explain what it means. When patients hear on TV or read in the headlines of newspapers some sensational story about some putative cure for a disease or some marvelous diagnostic technique that may or may not turn...
...Rapid changes in American society during the 20th century have led to the current lack of direction in modern architecture. Ada Louise Huxtable, architectural critic for The New York Times, told a capacity audience of about 300 at Longfellow Hall yesterday...
Keep in mind that the aforementioned nonsense consumes all of about seven minutes, and the pace never lets up. The plot becomes increasingly intricate, demanding several rapid costume changes. But for all its potential for--and occasional use of--slap stick, What the Butler Saw becomes a fascinating Black Comedy. Joe Orton takes a grim view of the psychiatric wall-paper we all use to cover our infirmities and our sins. With a uniformly excellent cast, the play transcends its tenor of cocktail-party chatter...
...outlays more palatable. He has only managed to find $3.2 billion of savings in the proposed $359 billion budget for fiscal 1981 and 1982. Nor has he addressed the inefficiencies that result from lack of cooperation among the services, such as Army-Marine rivalry over command of the planned Rapid Deployment Force...
...Three rapid-fire singles victories shattered any hopes that the Bruins might have had for rescuing the afternoon clinching the match for the Crimson. Mike Turner, picking a fortuitous moment in the season to peak, played his best tennis of the year, sitting down John Hare in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. Warren Grossman and Bob Horne also recorded straight set victories, dispatching Phil Diaz and John Hare, respectively...