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...blame. A planned initiative to boost immunization levels was set aside this year, as funds, personnel and attention were diverted to the swine flu program. In addition, many people have justifiably grown more skeptical of the wisdom of the vaccine establishment. If this skepticism leads them to shun all vaccines, the swine flu disaster will have been far more tragic than laughable.CrimsonLaura J. LevineSwine flu Shots: Bogus or Legitimate...
...role for himself as an international negotiator. But, he added, along with Carter, "I clearly intend to be involved in the determination of what the U.S. negotiating strategy will be." Thus, while Vance will not completely abandon Kissinger's balance-of-power approach to foreign affairs, he will shun Kissinger's highly personalized style of diplomacy. Vance intends to allow U.S. negotiators to go as far as they can on their own, then have them bring the problems to him and Carter for resolution. Said he: "If it becomes necessary, I will be involved. But the primary responsibility...
Guided by the new catalogue, students will shun pre-professional courses and embrace the arts, the humanities, the "impractical" social and physical sciences. Why settle for the cash value of an M.D., J.D., or M.B.A. when the return on truth is infinite? It is an Adam Smith dream: the profit motive, at play in the market place of ideas, will save liberal education...
...little could detract from ABC's superb pictures of the events themselves. Nadia Comaneci performing her flawless routines in a trance of innocence. Olga Korbut turning into an instant Edith Piaf. Gymnast Shun Fujimoto's kamikaze dismount with a broken knee. The victory lap after the 400-meter hurdles when Gold Medal Winner Ed Moses and Silver Medalist Mike Shine loped round the track in joyous exhaustion. Weightlifter Vasili Alexeyev looking like the Buddha meditating over 561 I=lbs. of iron...
...final court of appeals at West Point is Berry. As superintendent, he has the power to overturn the findings of the review board and decide that a cadet is innocent. But even then, the absolved cadet's classmates may shun him as a pariah. To some zealots who swear by the honor code, the very fact that a cadet is accused of wrongdoing is reason enough to condemn him -a situation that shows how a system designed to develop honor can be warped to foster dishonor...