Word: robert
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Several panelists supported these student principles, such as Dr. Robert Kohan, a professor of political science from Duke, who echoed the need for some form of public disclosure so that workers or human-rights groups at a particular factory could pull the code of conduct fire-alarm and alert universities to code violation. Koehane also pointed out that the quick consensus called for by some administrators should not be used an excuse for a weak code...
...half-century. Their ideas range from Mahathir's ban on currency trading in depression-mired Malaysia to the Clinton Administration's talk of a new "global financial architecture" that would preserve a relatively free flow of capital while reducing the volatility of world financial markets. Says Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin: "Clearly, the time has come to build a stronger system." Among his proposals: speedier IMF loans to help countries ward off economic crises, and more honest public record-keeping by governments so investors can tell which nations are sound...
...last June, which houses seven operating rooms for same-day surgery procedures. "We spent hours deciding [on the] best way to involve the residents there, because that's the way medicine is going--up to 70% of surgery is going to be done on an ambulatory basis," says Dr. Robert Anderson, the surgery department's chairman...
...Robert Califf, arguably one of the most important people at Duke Med, is on a flight to Washington, where he is scheduled to lead an international strategy session on how heart-failure drugs should be studied. As director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, he is charged with doing whatever he can to take the guesswork out of medical care, and he has a specific statistic he wants to change. "Only 15% of the decisions a doctor makes every day are based on evidence," he recites...
...staff to make medical decisions. In the end, they argue, a well-managed IPA will probably make roughly the same decisions as a traditional insurer. "Everyone thinks they can do a better job of doing what we do," says North Carolina Blue Cross Blue Shield chief operating officer Robert Greczyn, "until they try to do it themselves...