Duke in the News: March 24, 2003
U.S. Losses Expose Risks, Raise Doubts About Strategy | Op-Ed: Use of War as a Tool of Politics | Few Racial Differences in Stroke Treatment for Vets, and more...
Monday, March 24, 2003
U.S. LOSSES EXPOSE RISKS, RAISE DOUBTS ABOUT
STRATEGY
Washington Post, March 24 -- U.S. casualties suffered because of
the restrictive rules of engagement in Iraq are bound to provoke
criticism of the gamble that U.S. commanders are taking, predicted
Peter Feaver, a Duke University expert in national security. ...
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--Also, Cincinnati Post: Questions of War's Legality Dog U.S.
(Scott Silliman comments)
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story
(Raleigh) News 14: Fewer Legislators Have Military Combat
Experience (Ole Holsti comments)
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New York Times: War Rally Loses Sight of Deeper Risks (Fuqua
survey)
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OP-ED: USE OF WAR AS A TOOL OF POLITICS
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 23 -- Bruce Jentleson,
director of Duke University's Terry Sanford Institute of Public
Policy, says to bear in mind the classical dictum that "war is
politics by other means." Jentleson advised the Clinton
administration during the Middle East peace process. ...
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FEW RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN STROKE TREATMENT FOR
VETS
Reuters Health, March 24 -- When it comes to stroke patients, U.S.
veterans seem to get equal treatment regardless of their race or
ethnicity, researchers at Duke University and the Durham V.A.
Medical Center report. ...
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REPORTS CRITICAL OF DUKE STAFF
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 24 -- Two regulators' reports
apparently raise questions about whether the pediatric transplant
coordinator for heart-lung recipient Jesica Santillan and the
surgeon who extracted the donor organs were qualified enough for
their tasks. ...Full
story
--Also, WRAL-TV (Raleigh): External Reviews Identify Areas of
Improvement for Duke
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story
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: National Agency Lowers Duke Hospital
Rating
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HEALING SOUND OF A WORD: 'SORRY'
Los Angeles Times, March 24 -- The candor of Duke University
surgeons last month is part of a growing trend among hospitals to
own up to the truth when patients are harmed by the medical care
that is supposed to help them. Saying "I'm sorry," along with
acknowledging the error, can also help ease the pain for patients
and their families. ...
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ANGELS' EFFORTS HELP DUKE BRAIN CENTER
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, March 23 -- Volunteers from around the
U.S. raise a record $355,174 for the Duke University Brain Tumor
Center.
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story
LUNEBERG TO COMPETE IN MISS USA 2003
MONDAY
(Duke) Chronicle, March 24 -- Duke senior Kristen Luneberg will
represent North Carolina in the Miss USA 2003 competition in San
Antonio, Texas, in an event that will be televised live at 9 p.m.
tonight on NBC. (See second news brief.)
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PROFESSOR TAKES AIR OUT OF GRADE
INFLATION
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 24 -- Q&A with Stuart
Rojstaczer, Duke
associate professor of environmental science. Rojstaczer
created a stir a
few months ago with his new Web site, www.gradeinflation.com.
...
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RELIVING HISTORY WITH JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN
Chapel Hill News, March 22 -- Retired UNC President William Friday
and Duke University historian John Hope Franklin were in
conversation at a forum in Chapel Hill last week. ...
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MINISTER: PEOPLE OF FAITH SHOULD SEEK PEACE REGARDLESS
OF WAR STANCE
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 24 -- The problem with the
American civil religion, says Stanley Hauerwas, a professor of
Christian ethics at Duke Divinity School, is that civil religion
typically lacks the restraints and age-old traditions of humility
that mark great monotheistic faiths. ...
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CONTACT LENSES COULD DELIVER MEDICATIONS
United Press International, March 23 -- Patients might be able to
one day receive prescription medications through tiny particles
embedded in soft contact lenses, researchers said Sunday. Dr. Rand
Allingham, director of glaucoma service at Duke University Medical
Center, comments on a "potentially exciting treatment approach."
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story