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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...found, and presto!--Darwinism is undeniable. Paleontologist Michael Novacek says some people will never be convinced and conveniently ignores the growing noncreationist voices of variance. The fishapod could be a link--or a strange animal. Without a worldwide fossil record of continuous transformation, it is far from a slam dunk for Darwin's theory in action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 8, 2006 | 4/30/2006 | See Source »

...takes a doctorate in statistics to sort out the data. "The world's best orthopedic surgeon will be sent everyone's disaster cases," says Wachter. "He may be spectacular and still have worse outcomes than the crummy surgeon across the street who has better outcomes because he gets the slam dunks." Almost every knee replacement results in few days of post-op fever. It's normal--but it can still be cited in a report on the "high rate of postoperative infection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q: What Scares Doctors? A: Being the Patient | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

Addressing a meeting of members from over 20 student groups, leaders of Harvard’s Fuerza Latina and Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) called for a campus-wide walkout on May 1 to protest federal legislation they say is anti-immigration. [See correction...

Author: By Benjamin L. Weintraub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students, SLAM Plan Walkout | 4/18/2006 | See Source »

After receiving a smaller-than-expected student turnout for a national April 10 rally against the legislation, Cristina A. Herndon ’06, former vice president of Fuerza Latina, and SLAM leader Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky ’07 turned to intergroup collaboration in order to most efficiently galvanize support...

Author: By Benjamin L. Weintraub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students, SLAM Plan Walkout | 4/18/2006 | See Source »

Leaders from Fuerza Latina and SLAM were joined by those from the Asian American Women’s Association, the Philippine Forum, and groups from the Graduate School of Education and the Divinity School...

Author: By Benjamin L. Weintraub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students, SLAM Plan Walkout | 4/18/2006 | See Source »

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