March 7, 2003

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Friday, March 7, 2003

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ANDRE BUCKNER

screams

in excitement after his final two

points

in Cameron Indoor Stadium

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human inter-

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data to show the validity

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when everyone’s With

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than

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better way

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people

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addressed how

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the former dean of Wake Forest Univer-

ical

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health care,” said Dr. James Thompson,

sity School of

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Assessment Exam.

the

to the

reported

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Board of Trustees last weekend that the

cited the accountability of

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and the National Board

ical licensing,

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forging ahead with plans to institute

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addresses the media

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compara-

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United Nations in the next few

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danger.

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a

per-

days

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of the

protector

days

president

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repeatedly invoked

ing Saddam posed

insisting

that only

the

and

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mission” to defend the country. He

as

a

ac-

posed

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don’t need

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security of

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the

declaring

that Saddam Hussein

prime-time

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prepared

country Thursday night

possibly

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