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Immediately, almost every major cancer organization and physicians' group - including the American Cancer Society, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the American College of Ostetricians and Gynecologists - questioned the new recommendations. So did women. "I'm just shocked, absolutely shocked," says Deana Rich, a clinical-research associate in Seattle. The 47-year-old has no family history of breast cancer but has been dutifully getting an annual mammogram for the past seven years in order to reduce her risk of dying from the disease. One of her friends recently received a breast-cancer diagnosis, and several other friends...
...Deana Rich's part, she plans to continue with her annual screenings, even if at some point she ends up paying for them herself. "It's just too scary not to get mammograms," she says. "I know it's not the be all and end all, but it is one screening tool that we do have...
...successful as rap legend 50 Cent have ever been less innovative. Indeed, 50 has gained enormous and well-deserved fame by creating the archetypal song for many of hip-hop’s most fundamental clichés—in his 2003 masterpiece “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” alone, 50 brought the dance floor bump-n-grind to its apotheosis with “In Da Club,” painted the precise portrait of one of rap’s cardinal tropes with “P.I.M.P...
...loss of the simple, catchy hooks that played a crucial role in vaulting 50 to his present position in hip-hop. Particularly poor showings can be seen in “Then Days Went By,” when 50 rhymes “rich,” “shit,” “hit,” and “shit,” or in that of “Could’ve Been You,” when R. Kelly explains to a potential mate that, “The reason...
...some ways, this was a revolutionary development; the chords of bluegrass and southern blues were foreign to the ears of many of the young Northeasterners. At the same time, though, this was a return to the traditions of America’s rich musical past. “There was certainly intellectual interest in the music, but also just a, ‘Wow, you don’t hear this kind of music around Cambridge. You don’t hear people talking about coal mining or tenant farming,’” said Millie Rahn, Folklorist...