Paul Cordasco, a spokesman for Burson-Marsteller, told the Guardian on Thursday that the assignment was "not at all standard operating procedure" and was against the company's policies.
At one point, Senator Mike DeWine, Republican of Ohio, read an account written by a nurse who had witnessed the procedure and was horrified by it.
I asked for a copy of the company's complaints procedure and was told that my letters had not been replied to as Axa "considered the case closed".
Stefan Holthoff-Pförtner, a lawyer, said the former chancellor would "go along with the proposed procedure" and was eager "to avoid a lengthy legal process that would be a great burden to him and his family".
For decades, radical mastectomy — in which the breast, underlying chest muscle and lymph nodes are removed — was standard procedure and was often performed immediately after a biopsy determined a malignant tumor was present.
Considered colorless by some but trustworthy by others, Mr. Rhodes was a master of parliamentary procedure and was noted for getting the House Republicans to vote as a bloc.
The day after Zimmermann's return, the Nationals announced the news that stung the Beltway: Strasburg needed his own Tommy John procedure and was out 12 to 18 months.
Late Saturday Mr. Zuma released a new statement, saying that Mr. Mandela had undergone a diagnostic procedure and was expected to be discharged on Sunday or Monday.
A federal district court ultimately ruled in favour of the Tatros, finding that CIC was not a medical service, since a physician did not have to perform the procedure, and was instead a related service.
In March, they won a ruling from Justice Diane S. Lebedeff of State Supreme Court in Manhattan, who wrote that the administration's "determination to forego Ulurp review was undertaken without 'lawful procedure' and was an 'error of law.' " The ruling is being appealed.
Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said yesterday that the central bank had made changes in procedure and was considering others to ensure that the shrinking of the nation's Treasury market would not inhibit the Fed's ability to move interest rates when it wants.
