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...never left the breast ducts, physicians could safely ignore it. No one knows for sure, but at least one study suggests that perhaps 40% of DCIS lesions will develop into invasive tumors that, if left untreated, could eventually prove fatal. That means that maybe 60% of DCIS cases never threaten a woman's health--and therefore these growths do not need to be removed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rethinking Breast Cancer | 2/18/2002 | See Source »

...fist and delivered the line with gusto, then made a vow. "I will not wait on events while the dangers gather," he said. "I will not stand by as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons." He drew a rousing cheer from the crowd; but as people caught their breath, they had to wonder precisely what Bush had in mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Axis Of Evil Is It For Real? | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

...biography, then the ghost-written how-I-did-it and even a celluloid treatment, with Ewan McGregor playing the Rogue Trader. Apparently some of the folks at Allied Irish, Ireland's biggest bank, needed another telling of the tale to drive home the message that inadequately supervised traders can threaten even the most venerable institutions. So last week we got the real-life reenactment: Allied Irish alleged that John Rusnak, 37, a currency trader at Allfirst, its U.S. unit in Baltimore, had piled up losses of $750 million over the course of a year, hiding them in fictitious transactions. Even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Déjà vu on the trading floor | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

...aggressive impulses” of the totalitarian Soviet regime, which he called an “evil empire.” Bush singled out Iraq, Iran and North Korea as examples of repressive states that “constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, | Title: Passing the Reagan Test | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

...promised that he “will not wait on events, while dangers gather” and “will not stand by, as peril draws closer and closer.” We will not allow “the world’s most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world’s most destructive weapons...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, | Title: Passing the Reagan Test | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

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