The mean of the time the family physicians spent using CAM algorithm was significantly briefer than that of the psychiatrists using DSM-IV TR.
Mr. Stevens's sentence was 14 months longer, the brief noted, than that of Michael Vick, the football star who actually participated in a dogfighting venture.
The systematic review by Aveyard et al 45 found a risk ratio (RR) of 1.24 (95% CI 1.16 to 1.33) for brief counselling, less than that of behavioural support (RR=2.17; 95% CI 1.52 to 3.11) or NRT (RR=1.68; 95% CI 1.48 to 1.89).
Unfortunately, "Leaving" would need more than the brief coda that follows to qualify as complete, or, in any case, satisfactory.
Yet the problem is far greater than the brief havoc that could be wrought by a speeding zealot with 50 pounds of TNT in the trunk of his car.
So far, Korea's restructuring has been no more than a huge, brief refinancing that became unavoidable when the country plunged into recession.
When Mr. Cheney emerged a few minutes later, he showed little interest in the vintage car, climbing into it for brief remarks that began less than rousingly: "It's the first time we've used the sound system on top of the bus".
Midshow, will.i.am delivered a brief D.J. set, cheesier than that of any wedding D.J., from a riser onstage.
Perhaps the biggest tactical trend for which this decade will be remembered is the widespread deployment of a defensive midfielder whose brief is more narrow than that of any other player on the pitch, except maybe the goalkeeper and that near-extinct species, the goal-hanging striker.
But his brief goes much further than that, a two-pronged investigation into the "culture, practices, ethics of the press" and the "extent of unlawful or improper conduct within News International and other organisations", as well as the "extent to which the police received corrupt payments or were otherwise complicit in such misconduct".
