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...squad had always had a strong core of devoted players at its thrice-weekly practices, but seldom were there enough team members on hand for full-pool, seven-on-seven scrimmages. That meant that when the club played games, it would see full-strength competition for the first time...
Fellow Robert G. Stone Jr. '45 says that when the Corporation faces an unfamiliar issue, its first response is to consult with as many people around the University as possible. "Very seldom we say unilaterally seven people can make the best decisions, because very often we have to seek advice from as many people as we can. We don't know all the answers," he explains. This process was most evident recently when the University considered a proposal from Professor of Biochemistry Mark Ptashe to set up a profit-making genetic engineering company within the University. After extensive consultation within...
...nearly a generation, many West European countries enjoyed very low unemployment. While the jobless rate in the U.S. was seldom less than 4%, the countries of the European Community and Scandinavia had just 2% to 3% unemployment. But since the first oil-price shock in 1973 all that has changed. During the '70s about 20 million new American jobs were created in high-tech fields and service industries. Yet in Europe total employment in 1983 was less than it was in 1973, and unemployment is now above 10% in several countries...
While the Flexner report was a tremendous help to American medical education, it is also responsible, in large measure, for the lock-step conformity of pre-medical and medical education. The Flexner report, although widely quoted, has apparently seldom been studied. Instead of heeding the concepts promulgated by Flexner. American medical education enshrined his example, like the fable of the magpie, and it remains today the catechism of medical education, the National Boards and forms the basis of liscensure in most jurisdictions, as pointed out in President Bok's recent Annual Report...
Having been around magazines, I feel compelled to say that I have seldom seen a more knowledgeable or valuable handling of an important theme than your article on cholesterol [MEDICINE, March 26]. This is public service as one might always wish it. A recent study of schoolchildren in New York and Los Angeles shows that their cholesterol levels are about 35% higher than they ought to be. This is when the time bomb begins to click...