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...common thread that successful volunteers realize, leader say, is that in order to be successful, volunteers must not only be fully committed but also fully aware of their effect on individuals and the community as a whole. It is better to do something than nothing, but only if it is done with some care...
...There are really two issues at the heart of the controversy. One is the difference between "statistical significance" - a measure of whether the drug's effects are reliable, and that patient improvement is not just due to chance - and "clinical significance," whether those effects actually are big enough to make a difference in the life of a patient. The researchers behind this new paper did find that SSRI drugs have a statistically significant impact for most groups of patients: that is, there was some measurable impact on depression compared to the placebo effect. "But a very tiny effect...
...Reading Between the Pixels I was immediately struck by your choice of photographs in "The Great Divide" [Feb. 18]. Whether intentional or not, your portrayal of Clinton in stark black-and-white photos, juxtaposed with the much warmer color photos of Obama, had the effect of increasing the very divide your article addressed. Obama was shown smiling and playing with a soccer ball, while Clinton was shown doing a phone interview, studying papers in preparation for a rally and standing in the dark before giving a speech. Photographs can be just as biased as language. A little more evenhandedness would...
...Needless to say, the All-American adapted seamlessly and the entire squad noticed the effect...
...undergraduates. In October, Princeton’s administration instructed the university’s security staff to patrol dormitory hallways on Thursday and Saturday nights with an eye toward cracking down on alcohol violations. At the same time, the university announced new guidelines—that will take effect next fall—which require Princeton’s residential college advisors to investigate any resident seen with hard alcohol. While Princeton spokeswoman Cass Cliatt said that the new guidelines are “not a change of policy,” students said that in the past Princeton...