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...they are wary of comparative-effectiveness research - the gathering of data that would show which treatments and drugs work best (and, presumably, therefore are most worth paying for). Many of what turned out to be breakthrough AIDS drugs did not look that way when they were first tried, said Rebecca Fox, executive director of the National Coalition for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) Health. "There needs to be time to show that these things are effective - especially for populations that aren't used to getting research funds...
...Rebecca Mackinnon, an assistant professor of journalism at Hong Kong University who specializes in Internet issues, agreed that China may be repeating past mistakes: "China has a long history of edicts targeted at the tech, telecoms, and media sectors going unenforced, quietly retracted, or morphed in practice into something very different," she wrote on her blog, citing unsuccessful attempts to ban encryption software, force online video websites to be government-owned, and oblige bloggers to register with authorities using their national ID cards. "As the week progresses I'm putting more of my money on the likelihood that the Green...
...approved students. MIXED REACTIONSThough students say they welcomed the opportunity for a five-week winter break, many say they were slightly disappointed that the College administration will not provide programming next January. “People got excited, and then they decided to cut it,” says Rebecca H. Jablonski ’11. But most say that their primary concern was that not all individuals seeking to return to campus would be permitted to do so. In their April e-mail, Hammonds and Smith announced that housing would be limited to students who could demonstrate...
...Rebecca J. Joseph ’85, a former Crimson Executive Arts Editor, is a former inner-city English teacher and current education professor at California State University, Los Angeles, where she trains urban teachers, supports first-generation college goers, and provides workshops on preparing students for college. Chris C. Goodman ’87 is a professor of law at Pepperdine University, where she mentors students at all academic stages and participates in high school outreach programs in east and south Los Angeles...
...have, like, seen this much ice and thought, Oh, my gosh, we were going to crash.' REBECCA SHAW, co-pilot of a plane that crashed near Buffalo, N.Y., in February, remarking on the wintry conditions in a cockpit recording before the fatal plunge...