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...luxury of a publication with a longer production cycle." For example, if a speech event takes place at eight o'clock and the paper has to go to press in a matter of hours, then there is often no time to check all the facts the speaker might have thrown out. As for quotations, the current policy is to try and confirm quotes by reading them back to the speaker "on matters that are highly sensitive, or if the reporter is not sure about the quote" says Chang. He estimates that this happens about 50 percent of the time...
Specifically, Iacocca's Global Motors was to be an alliance of Chrysler and Volkswagen (or Fiat or Renault if VW didn't want to play), with American Motors thrown in to make trucks and utility vehicles. American-designed cars would run on German (or Italian) engines, and joint dealerships around the world would be able to match the market penetration that only GM and Ford had at the time. It was one of Iacocca's typically brash ideas...
Virtually alone in the scientific community, Folkman decided it would be easier to try to kill a tumor by destroying its blood supply than by attacking it directly. His reasoning was sound. Tumors are made up of rapidly dividing mutant cells that adapt quickly to almost any treatment thrown at them. Blood vessels, by contrast, are made up of normal cells that grow much more slowly and are nowhere near as difficult to outwit. Hoping to starve tumors through their supply line of nutrients, Folkman set out to find a drug that could block the construction of new blood vessels...
...ensuing struggle is nasty and getting nastier. Cars have been stoned. Religious centers have been fire bombed. Excrement has been thrown. People on both sides have been assaulted on the street. A Prime Minister has been murdered. Says Menachem Friedman, a sociologist at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan: "We are really near the edge [of] where people can tolerate each other...
...ensure quality starts, Harvard will most likely stick with its three most experienced starters, juniors Duffel, Garett Vail, and Donny Damieson, each of whom has thrown 35-plus innings this season and sports an ERA below four...