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Significant reductions in total dose and dose intensity have an adverse effect on disease-free survival and overall survival [ 9 10 ] . Because most dose delays and reductions occur after a neutropenic complication or febrile neutropenia, patients might experience an infectious episode and might need to contend with the burden and anxiety associated with a hospitalization and the risk of prolonged complications in treatment.
We contend, therefore, that whereas divergent or discordant mtDNA sequences might stimulate taxonomic reassessment based on nuclear genes as well as morphology, ecology, or behavior, mtDNA divergence is neither necessary nor sufficient as a criterion for delineating species.
The ethical murkiness involved in reporting this scandal is apparent in the way the papers contend with the rule that makes it illegal for senators to comment on what is said in their closed door sessions.
The Times also does the best job of explaining the politics in play right now, noting that 1) Lott is "tiptoeing" between a majority of Republicans who are probably against the treaty but don't want to give the U.S. a diplomatic setback on the one hand, and hard-liners in his party on the other who want to kill the treaty at all domestic and international costs; and 2) Senate Minority Leader Thomas Daschle has to contend with a minority of Democrats who want a vote now so that once defeated, the treaty becomes a viable campaign issue.
Though promoters of McCain-Feingold contend that this redefinition is consistent with Buckley , what they really mean is that they hope the Supreme Court will be prepared to rethink Buckley . Their theory is that the court will look at the mess of recent elections, and decide that the line it drew two decades ago in Buckley is unworkable.
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