Word: role
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...Harvard community has lately been struggling with a number of difficult ethical issues, most notable of which has been that of the final clubs and the role they play in College life. While many students remain unsure of their position on this issue, it appears that a collective indictment has been laid on the club system for their alleged sexism, eltism and who-knows-what-elseism...
Those dramatic results were not achieved by increasing HDL alone, although Blankenhorn says there is strong evidence that "high HDL is good for you." His study showed that obstructed arteries benefited most from decreased LDL. Lower levels of triglycerides, he found, may also play an important role, a possibility that has emerged from other studies as well. At Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Dr. Antonio Gotto Jr. discovered that his heart-bypass patients "almost without exception" have lower levels of HDL and slightly higher levels of triglycerides than people without heart disease. One theory is that excess triglycerides somehow...
Conspicuously missing from the debate is the central role of the Mafia in spreading the epidemic. Even the heavy blows dealt the Mob in the so-called Pizza Connection trials in the U.S. in 1987 and the mass trial and subsequent imprisonment of more than 300 Mafiosi in Sicily proved to be only temporary victories. Palermo's special investigating magistrates are trying, with little evident success, to untangle the intimate ties between the Sicilian Mob and politicians in the South. Like many legitimate businesses, the Mafia has gone global and uses sophisticated financial strategies to launder drug profits...
...legal maneuvering intensified over when and whether Oliver North will go on trial for his role in the Iran-contra fiasco, nonlawyers had reason to wonder about the motives of some of the players. On the one hand, the former Marine lieutenant colonel, who oozed patriotism from misty eyes during the congressional hearings, threatened to reveal some of the nation's most sensitive secrets if the trial proceeds. President Reagan, who has declared North innocent, said last week that he will not pardon his ex-NSC aide in advance of a trial but neither will he allow many...
...Similarly, King Hussein's decision last July to curtail Jordan's role in the West Bank removes for the near future the option of letting Amman act as a reluctant surrogate for the Palestinians...