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...Hall pointed out that her illness was only one factor in her loss and acknowledged the skill of her opponent...
...fact that genes matter doesn't mean that other things don't matter. Some of the causes of the differences in personality, intellect and pathology are obvious. There are no genes for speaking English or for being a Presbyterian (though there may be sets of genes for verbal skill and religiosity). One's choice of language or religion depends almost entirely on one's culture. Less obvious are some of the other possible causes. These include germs, accidents, chance encounters in life and random events in the development of the brain in utero...
...frustration of doctors is more than a matter of money. The real blow to the profession has been the assault on autonomy. Physicians spend endless days and long years acquiring an extraordinarily specialized skill and then find themselves being told by some 23-year-old HMO administrator a thousand miles away how many minutes they can spend with a patient, how long they can keep him in the hospital and what kind of treatment they are allowed to give him. The introduction of managed care may be societally necessary to keep down costs. But we should at least recognize...
...sure the North Koreans have the skill to make a nuclear device small enough to load onto its missiles. But if they do, the danger is great. Pyongyang wields a huge stash of short-and medium-range missiles, including at least 100 Nodong missiles capable of striking Japan. U.S. intelligence officials say Pyongyang wants to become the first rogue state capable of striking the U.S. homeland with a missile. In 1998 the North Koreans test-fired a three-stage Taepo Dong-1 rocket that landed in the Pacific Ocean. The Pentagon believes that North Korea is developing an intercontinental ballistic...
...whose masterful use of light in his 50-year career won Academy Awards for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and American Beauty (1999); in Santa Monica, California. Hall is considered a candidate for a posthumous Oscar for his work on Road to Perdition. Commenting on Hall's skill, producer Richard D. Zanuck once said: "It was like Rembrandt at work...