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Researchers need to better protect patients in clinical trials and tighten oversight of medical studies, a national advisory panel headed by a Harvard Medical School (HMS) dean concluded in a report published last week...
...with only semester grants allowed for registered groups, the council hopes that it will both be able to tighten the reins on grants and relieve clubs of extra paperwork...
...group (the September 11 hijackers) needed what most modern societies regard as relatively little quantities of cash? These maniacs don't need millions. They can finance and roll out attacks with money they raise themselves." So even if U.N. member states follow the terror-funding panel's recommendations to tighten up controls, the ability of the U.S. and its allies to thwart al-Qaeda attacks remains primarily dependent on intelligence and police work...
...place where a wine was produced. Quality controls introduced in 1974 are administered by growers themselves: 98% of wines submitted pass the test. "We've lost ?152 million in AOC exports," says Elodie Pasty of the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine: "We're going to have to tighten up our quality criteria...
Even the University with the country’s largest endowment has to tighten its belt sometimes...