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...First, they show that the U.S. provides a high level of support for Israel. Second, they argue that neither strategic considerations nor moral ones are valid explanations for the level of American aid to Israel. Third, they conclude that the reason for American support for Israel is the lobby, which they argue has a powerful influence over both American policymaking institutions and public discourse...
...with the doctors in 2005, they found that the docs' scores in communication were strongly correlated to the number of patient complaints they had racked up in their first years of practice. Overall, the 3,424, physicians had 1,116 complaints among them, of which 696 were deemed valid after medical-authority investigation. The physicians who scored low on the test - the poor communicators, who were, say, condescending, judgmental or flippant in their behavior - had generated a disproportionate number of those complaints. Doctors with scores in the bottom quartile on the test's communication-related portion had 70% more legitimate...
...Attorney's Office in Miami successfully met the requirements for extraditing Noriega to France in demonstrating the French had probable cause for charging the deposed general for money laundering. There is also a valid extradition treaty between the U.S. and France. The next step will be for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to sign off on Noriega's surrender to France...
While its general findings are valid, Rocca's study had limitations. For instance, the participants' dementia was measured not in person, but through a cognitive test over the phone or through a proxy. Also, the women had had their surgeries between 1950 and 1987 - oophorectomy procedures and estrogen therapy may have been different then than...
...Cambridge police report said that Murphy was also charged with unlawful possession of ammunition, as the police found 14 bullets and a holster in the trunk of his 2003 Mercedes Benz. The Globe reported that Murphy has a valid license to carry firearms in Indiana...