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For example, for the African American group (100 cases and 100 controls), with the same distribution of individuals as above, the power to detect the large interactions (OR of 0.33 in controls, OR of 5.33 in cases) would still be ~99%, while the power to detect the modest interaction (OR of 0.80 in controls, OR of 1.50 in cases) would be reduced to 13%.
Given the modest role of serotonin receptors in micturition in anesthetized rats, it remains to be determined whether the effects observed here were due to anti-serotonergic effects of these neuroleptics.
Those who argue that Clinton will compromise--i.e., sign a tax cut greater than the $300 billion ceiling he now demands--point to several signs, such as (a) Al Gore's release of a modest tax cut proposal this week, (b) Clinton's desire to make a deal with the GOP on entitlement reform, and (c) the eagerness of some Senate Democrats to be seen as tax-cutters before election time (Bob Novak, of CNN's Capitol Gang ; Susan Page and Tucker Carlson, of CNN's Late Edition ; and Paul Gigot, of PBS's NewsHour With Jim Lehrer ).
Bradley gets a similar lecture from the Washington Post , which accuses him of forsaking his "pledge of chivalry" by criticizing Gore's modest proposals for health care and gun control.
Of course, one does still have to fight what might be called the Drug Enforcement Industry, a modest but powerful branch of the Military-Industrial Complex, whose current leader, Clinton drug tzar Barry McCaffrey, was as dismissive of Gov.
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