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...main opposition party, for inciting the hooligans. Demszky singles out Fidesz M.P. Maria Wittner, who, he says, uttered provocative rhetoric at demonstrations; and party President Viktor Orban, Hungary's Prime Minister from 1998 to 2002, for saying a week before the current crisis broke out that he wants to avoid using the word revolt but that "resistance is an acceptable way of democratic politics." Hungary's political scene has been tense for months. After re-election in April, Gyurcsány introduced a budget-reducing package of service cuts and tax hikes that has proved unpopular with many Hungarians. Even...
...home," says Dr. George Taler, co-director of the Washington Hospital Center Medical House Call Program in Washington. "Even intravenous therapies, medications and oxygen are readily available at the time of the visit if the physician wishes to offer advanced care for those patients who would prefer to avoid the emergency room or, for that matter, the hospital. It may seem counterintuitive, but many physicians who make house calls an important part of their practice are far more technologically equipped than most of their colleagues who confine their practice to the office. It makes the office seem devoid of information...
COLUMBIA An offensive line featuring four seniors and some experience at receiver are just a few of the things that first-year head coach Norries Wilson hopes will help Columbia avoid another last place finish in the Ivy League. Though the Lions’ 3-4 defense still has holes, depth at linebacker should help Columbia improve on its 0-7 Ivy campaign in 2005. The quick secondary should also keep teams from putting up 33.7 points per game, last in the league a year...
These one-day-a-year rules depart from the College’s normally sensible alcohol policies, which primarily emphasize safe drinking and specifically avoid punishing those who seek medical help when dangerously drunk. With BPD on the hunt for drunkards, however, dangerously inebriated students (and their friends) will be less likely to look for official help, compelled by the fear of expulsion from the tailgate or arrest. The harshness of the tailgate’s policy will only serve to erode trust between students and officials, thereby eliminating any safeguards against dangerous underage drinking...
...excitedly trying to avoid capture, but he didn’t strike me as being intentionally aggressive,” McMilliam said. “No punches were thrown...