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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Only as a last resort do the organizers use direct action tactics such as marches and rallies, they say...
...From what I see, there is very little nasty competitive behavior in class," he says. "Almost never does someone say something just to put someone else down. They are much more likely to articulate opinions to advocate a certain point of view...
What does this say about us? Is the media suddenly pulling through with some Y2K common sense? Has the wisdom of our leaders preventing the forecasted hysteria? Or are Americans simply unable to handle two holiday buildups at once--and have opted for Christmas consumerism over New Year's millennialism? Maybe all the Y2K anxiety the nation's pundits have been expecting will be condensed into the week between Christmas and New Year...
Staff members say that since the renovations, their workload has increased, their jobs have become more grueling and their break time has nearly disappeared. In interviews with The Crimson over the last month, some employees in Eliot and Kirkland say they are doing twice as much work as last year. And employees say management has not been understanding of the new strains they are under. A few staffers have quit their jobs out of frustration...
Doctors, as they say, bury their mistakes. Now the National Academy of Sciences wants to learn something from those mistakes, and is asking Congress to take strong measures to protect patients from one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. - medical errors. The group issued a report that says such gaffes take a stunning 44,000 to 98,000 lives per year, more than the number of people who die annually in car accidents or from AIDS. The academy's solution? A new federal regulatory agency that would require doctors and hospitals to report deaths to a central...