Word: reductionism
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But before you or a loved one decide to add to that number, it pays to understand some key statistics--starting with that 90% reduction in deaths. The Mayo investigators derived the figure from statistical models and from the death rate of the patients' sisters, who did not undergo the...
Feel 30 for the Next 50 Years by David W. Johnson (Avon) stresses that it's not enough merely to extend your life span; it's the youth span that's critical. "Youth span refers only to the number of years we live in good health, with high energy, strength...
The GLL Department was the first to take the plunge, Burgard says, approving and submitting a reduction in concentration requirements during the last academic year. The Educational Policy Committee approved the change last spring, and the policy went into effect for all new concentrators.
But the intimate reality--what could be more intimate?--poses a sequence of haunting questions that ascend to the metaphysical. The womb is a very small apartment, and overcrowding creates the sort of triage dilemmas that doctors face on battlefields. Which one of the babies is one too many? The...
Dershowitz writes that the CofCC "opposes the immigration of Jews from the former Soviet Union who were prevented from practicing their religion by the communists, arguing that they are atheists whose language and culture are alien to that of real Americans." This claim is totally false, and he offers no...