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...defeat by saying that the vote cannot be construed as a popularity poll, they obviously are concerned by the extent of public disenchantment. Before the vote, Whitlam had been considering whether to dissolve Parliament in May when election for half the Senate is due in a bid to strengthen Labor's tenuous position (Labor controls the lower house, the opposition the Senate). Such a dissolution now obviously could mean his defeat and a premature end to Australia's socialist experiment...
...dedicated and most are at least competent, practicing in accordance with medical ethics and standards. But the size of the minority who are incompetent, unethical or both is unknown. Too few standards of ethics or practice have been set, and that many doctors will strenuously resist any attempt to strengthen or enforce them became evident last week in an anti-standards revolt within the American Medical Association...
...supply western oil needs, the cartels are willing to squeeze money out of either side to make their profits. They are pure middlemen, rather than representatives of the U.S., Britain, or France. Concessions and favors granted them by western governments on the basis of narrow self-interest only strengthen organizations which do not necessarily act in that national interest, however narrowly defined...
Last week's murder should strengthen people's determination to build a society in which social and sexual equality are complete and taken for granted, in which rape and the fear of rape are things of the past, in which all people--men and women alike--are inviolable...
Verrier said that in future experiments the research team will try to find exactly how the neural mechanism works on the heart and what treatment is effective in preventing heart failure. He said it may be possible to develop drug or psychological therapy to strengthen the heart through the nervous system...