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...clearly too soon to declare victory in the war on cancer, since nine out of ten new treatments will fail clinical trials. But doctors who treat the disease are experiencing a surge of optimism the likes of which they have never seen. "It’s no longer spin the wheel, let’s try this drug, maybe it will work," says Henry Friedman, a neuro-oncologist at Duke University Medical Center. "We’re going to know why a drug is or isn’t working." And given the nature of cancer and the scientists who study...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Virus That Kills Cancer | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...delicate artifact. It sits in a helium-filled case over at the National Archives in one of those soundproof, heatproof and humidity-controlled reliquaries designed to protect its every word and wrinkle. Every once in a while, we get to take the Constitution out for a spin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Before Honor Comes Humility, Proverbs Says | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...didn't say that, like Barry Goldwater, he knows he's right. The recount may yet go forward in a race in which the margin of error has vastly exceeded the razor-thin margin of victory. Lieberman faults the media as much as George W. Bush's spin machine for the hole his side finds itself in. And he has a point. At first I thought the media's desire to come to a conclusion whether or not they came to the truth was partly the result of dirty laundry, unrefundable airline tickets and weekends spent doubled up in scarce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: Joe Versus the Volcano | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...wake of Dick Cheney's most recent heart attack, everybody (this columnist included) was quick to praise both Cheney and his doctors--him for checking into the hospital without delay; them for taking aggressive action once he arrived. Almost lost in the congratulatory spin, however, was the fact that the would-be Vice President is still a sick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cheney's Heart | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...Seven out of the nine Justices understood what disasters of subjectivity and partisan spin - ultimately, what injustice, what unequal protection under the law - lay ahead. The Court saved the nation from going down that road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unity, Vote Counts and Other Illusions | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

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