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...operation with the less-invasive new techniques - no external scarring, less pain (most of Horgan's patients take nothing stronger than Tylenol after surgery), shorter recoveries and no risk of hernia. Surgeons have created a national organization called the Natural Orifice Consortium for Assessment and Research, or NOSCAR, to track the procedure's success and safety, and to collect data on patients' progress. NOSCAR also monitors the risk of infection with natural-orifice surgery, which doctors anticipate will be significantly lower than with traditional laparoscopic procedures - since the longer it takes an incision to heal, the greater the risk...
...After almost four years and 15 rounds of what Wellington's ambassador to China Tony Browne calls "a very detailed, very complicated, very elaborate negotiation," New Zealand is on track to become, on April 7, the first developed nation to sign a free-trade pact with the market the whole world is courting. "It's a bit like getting the first date with the best-looking girl on the block," says Stuart Ferguson, chairman of the New Zealand-China Trade Association: in this case, ahead of suitors Australia, Norway and India. Details are a closely held secret, but the deal...
...late 1992, when prime spots were being handed out under Bill Clinton, Lake had an inside track with the President-elect, while Holbrooke was an outsider. Lake snagged one of the top jobs, National Security Adviser; Holbrooke was, for a time, in danger of being shut out entirely. His friend Sandy Berger (who would later replace Lake) fought to get Holbrooke appointed ambassador to Germany...
...should you still want me / You can find me down at the café / A little bit too busy being served / Sworn enemy of the waitresses there”) but here it works, lending a darker edge to an otherwise exuberant song. Many of the tracks gradually escalate in intensity to the brink of self-destruction. Just when a song is about to devolve into apeshit hysterics, Bejar invariably rescues it, slowly luring the melodies back to something catchy. “I’m not the kind to tell you what is true and what is totally...
...proportion of the school’s graduates who enter primary care. This number has declined from 57 percent in 1999 to 44 percent this year. The move seems to present an early indication that the strategic planning initiative of medical school Dean Jeff Flier is on the right track. University President Drew Faust’s statements that she will prioritize financial aid in future fundraising efforts provide further cause for optimism. Of course, whether future graduates—still on the hook for the debts that result from four years of loans and the low pay of residency?...