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...Nixon supporters when, in March 1974, Rather rose to ask a question during an appearance by the President at a National Association of Broadcasters convention. The TV executives in the audience greeted him with a mixture of boos and cheers. "Are you running for something?" asked Nixon. "No sir, Mr. President, are you?" shot back Rather. The smart-alecky reply solidified Rather's position as Nixon's least favorite TV reporter...
...from the British trial were less conclusive. In a six-year study of 5,139 physicians, half took 500 mg of aspirin every day. Oxford University researchers found no reduction in heart attacks. They did see, however, a small but troubling excess of strokes. "Some things are clear," says Sir Richard Doll, who led the investigation. "For anybody who has had a heart attack in the past, it is beneficial to take a small dose of aspirin daily. That's unanimous. The dispute is over what healthy people should...
...positive effects of lower doses. In addition, says Boston's Hennekens, the larger U.S. trial was far more conclusive statistically. "If you studied 5,000 doctors," he declares, "you'd have to follow them for 20 years to get the same results." Which report is to be believed? Says Sir Richard: "The truth is probably somewhere in between." In his view, aspirin may help prevent about 25% of heart attacks in healthy individuals...
...First, Sir Patrick Mayhew, the British Attorney General, announced that for reasons of national security no prosecutions would be brought against a group of Ulster police officers involved in the killing of six Catholic civilians in 1982 and 1983. Dublin had expected an investigation into allegations that police were covering up a "shoot to kill" order. Then British jurists dismissed an appeal by six Catholics from Northern Ireland convicted in the 1974 bombing of two Birmingham bars in which 21 people died. In Ireland, the men were believed to have been railroaded...
...sir," said Eisenhower...