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Their next question had even wider implications: Could statins decrease the risk of heart attack in people with "normal" cholesterol levels and no history of heart disease? But here researchers ran into an ethical dilemma. Considering everything they knew about the effectiveness of statins, would it be fair in a test of their theory to withhold the drugs from those who might benefit from them but would be given a placebo, or dummy pill...
...Exclusivity needlessly constrains the committee from incorporating on a wider, more human scale the citizens' and community's concerns and needs," said Jaron Bourke '88, of Nader's group...
...involving Israel withdrawing some of its deployments around Palestinian towns, and the Palestinian Authority for its part keeping protestors away from the Israeli military outposts in Gaza and the West Bank that have been the flash-points of the last week's violence. But with his people - and the wider Arab world - enraged by Israel's actions, Arafat may be reluctant to be seen to be too easily drawn into new deals. Reports from the West Bank and Gaza suggest that efforts may already be underway to implement the cease-fire terms, although new clashes were reported in Gaza...
...Brown wider receiver Stephen Campbell fell two catches short of Ivy League history, but was still good enough to lead the Brown Bears (2-1, 0-1) over the Rams of Rhode Island...
Pierre Trudeau, who died Thursday in Montreal at age 80, served an almost uninterrupted 16 years as Canada's prime minister, from 1968 until his resignation in 1984. Flamboyant, determined and occasionally quixotic, Trudeau helped establish Canada's modern identity, opened its eyes to the wider world, and fought the Quebec separatist movement that threatened to split the country in two. Richard Duncan, former Ottawa bureau chief (and TIME.com editor), remembers Trudeau from the years he covered...