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Or that if fee reductions had been $ 5 billion that new taxes would have been $ 5 billion ? " And instead of moving towards more competition in the long distance industry , we are about to witness further consolidation in the form of a merger between MCI and WorldCom , the second and fourth largest long distance carriers , respectively . If you have ever traveled through our nation 's countryside and spoken to the people who live in its small towns and on its farms , you will hear firsthand how important these connections are to them . Without full funding of the E-rate program , we face a continued digital divide between the haves and the have-nots . So , when it comes to the Internet , too many parents feel now they're faced with a false choice - - between unplugging that computer in the family room , or spending every single moment looking over their child 's shoulder to make sure they're not wandering into some dangerous , online alleyway . " The study looked at post hospitalization survival rates for 201 Hopkins patients undergoing the Whipple procedure between 1970-1994 to remove the cancerous head of the pancreas . In support of this view , the study found that older patients who develop cancers besides those in the head and neck were more likely than their younger counterparts to get skin and prostate cancers as well . Young says the shape of our ears , the distance of our ears from the sound source , and the distance between our two ears all play a part in the process . The non-surgical treatment , now in clinical trials , is administered via injection into the ear once a week for four weeks . The bottom line remains the same , if we expect our children to be prepared to compete in the 21st Century , we must provide our students with the tools they need today . No data prior to this , however , have ever indicated a relationship between HNPCC and brain tumors , " says Dr. Hamilton . If only the normal gene copied , misdiagnosis of Marfan syndrome was likely , since only one of the two genes needs to be defective for the syndrome to appear . Instead , surgeons should simply remove the lobe of the thyroid with the nodule and rely on tissue analysis after surgery to determine if it is malignant , the study finds .