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Duke in the News: Apr. 21, 2004

Kerry Fails to Gain From Iraq Crisis | Op-Ed: Bush Has Driven Public to Make U-Turn | Study Bolsters Bypass Technique, and more

KERRY FAILS TO GAIN FROM IRAQ CRISIS (London) Guardian, April 21 -- President Bush emerged relatively unscathed from one of the worst months of his presidency yesterday, holding steady in opinion polls. Duke political scientist Peter Feaver commented on Sen. Kerry's failure to break through. ... Full story --Also, New York Times: Americans Squirm as U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Surges (Feaver) Full story Wall Street Journal: The Battle for Military Vote (Feaver quoted; link for subscribers; article e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) Full story Dallas Morning News: Kerry -- Defining a Soldier's Story (Feaver) Full story

OP-ED: BUSH HAS DRIVEN PUBLIC TO MAKE U-TURN ON IRAQ Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 21 -- The Bush administration must treat public trust like the lifeblood of democracy that it is, says Bruce W. Jentleson, director of Duke's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. ...Full story

STUDY BOLSTERS BYPASS TECHNIQUE (Toronto) Globe & Mail, April 21 -- In an editorial published in today's edition of JAMA, Duke cardiologist Eric Peterson says a new study demonstrates that beating-heart surgery is as good, if not better, than traditional bypass surgery. ...Full story --Also, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Study Backs Bypass Operations Without Pumps Full story

STUDY: GRANDPARENTS TAKING THEIR ROLES MORE SERIOUSLY THAN EVER (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union, April 20 -- A study by Duke and Georgia State researchers found that increased life expectancies have changed social attitudes toward grandparents. ... Full story

AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL HARDT (Santa Rosa, Calif.) Dissident Voice, April 20 -- Duke literature professor Michael Hardt, co-author of the book "Empire," was interviewed during a forum at Columbia University on global peace movements. ...Full story

OP-ED: PICKING UP THE PIECES OF 9/11 (Raleigh) News & Observer, April 21 -- Intelligence failures have long roots but the future is the issue, says Randall Hastings Cook, a Duke law student and former U.S. Army officer who served in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. ... Full story

GROUP RAPS DUKE'S LAUNDRY SALE (Durham) Herald-Sun, April 21 -- A group of Duke University students, workers and labor activists met Tuesday on the steps of Duke Chapel to protest Duke University Health System's recent sale of its laundry to Angelica Corp. ...Full story --Also, (Duke) Chronicle: Angelica Protest Hits Quad Full story

BEARD IS MORE THAN GAME Washington Post, April 20 -- Alana Beard said she couldn't ask for a better place to start out than with the Washington Mystics. ... Full story --Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: NBA Prospects Affect Duke Full story Chronicle: Deng Strongly Considering Entering NBA Draft Full story