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...becoming convinced that a one-drug-one-cancer approach is not sufficient. Just as AIDS physicians currently use a multi-drug approach to attack HIV at different stages of its life cycle, so too are cancer doctors beginning to surround tumor cells with combinations of agents that can weaken a growing cancer by chipping away at its life-support systems...
...report blamed the use of outside contractors for driving down wages on campus, stating that “outsourcing should not be used to lower wages and weaken the unions representing Harvard’s employees.” Their recommendations included a “parity policy” requiring contractors to pay wages and benefits that are at least equal to those paid to comparably employed unionized Harvard workers...
Qualia's extravagance gets a bit out of hand with the $1,900 MiniDisc player (also out in June), which is chrome plated, carved out of solid brass--to eliminate structural seams that weaken over time--and accompanied by silicone-tipped brass earbuds. Sure, it basically performs the same functions as a run-of-the-mill $80 player, but its slick, cold body has a heft that's absolutely seductive...
...Sadr is playing a three-way game, using his confrontation with the Americans to challenge his political rivals in the Shiite community. Even as negotiations continue, his forces are clashing with U.S. troops at Karbala, Kufa and Baghdad. The U.S. objective may be to weaken the Mehdi militia and raise the pressure on Moqtada, but the firebrand cleric appears to be using that pressure to his own ends - particularly to challenge his more moderate rivals, chief among them Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani. Sadr has long rejected what he sees as Sistani's quiescence toward the occupation, and he cleverly judged...
...Washington are bracing for a new battle: a Bush-appointed advisory committee, which they claim is heavily stacked with corporate members, issued a report last week that pushes for administrative changes. "It is a wonky thing," says Julie Wolk of the Public Interest Research Group. "But it could dramatically weaken the program." Companies want to limit liability and shift responsibility to the states, where rules are more flexible. Federal standards are "rigid and extreme," says Michael Steinberg of the Superfund Settlements Project, an industry group that includes General Electric, DuPont and IBM. "Groundwater must meet standards for tap water, even...