Word: reassessing
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...better prevention. "Physicians have a hard time letting go of screening tests that make them feel comfortable," says Dr. Karen Soren, director of adolescent medicine at New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. "The larger view is that screening is always good. But it's also good to reassess and take another look every once in a while...
...people in cities across the US, the panel suggested ways in which policy-making could address the problems raised by “The Wire.” Bobo spoke of the “the disastrous consequences of the war on drugs” and the need to reassess incarceration policy at a time when one in nine black men are in prison, often for crimes that would not have resulted in a jail term for a white person. “We need to ask ourselves, did it reduce crime? And did it make us all safer...
...negative: “It’s an argument about deterrence. We need certain weapons and postures for deterrence. If you cut these weapons you cut our deterrence capability, which leads other countries to reassess their calculations, try to reach nuclear parity with...
...Wednesday’s primetime special “Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure In Tough Times,” was an especially apt example of how Sesame Street offers both a message to children and the chance for adults to take a step back and reassess our thinking. Hosted by Al Roker, Deborah Roberts, and financial expert Jean Chatzky, the episode presented practical suggestions to families on how to discuss financial woes with children and weather the economic storm. It also emphasized that this country must face the current crisis with some sense of mutual cooperation...
Mendillo said that the Company is now also considering remodeling its portfolio to encourage team collaboration, focus more on internal strengths, and reassess the endowment’s risk and the University’s needs. While overall risk management was “adequate” last year and helped avoid extreme volatility, Mendillo wrote that more is being done now to manage risk and that lessons have been learned, particularly that “the risk tolerance of the University needs to be an integral factor” when determining how the endowment is invested...