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...many different surgical techniques and the level of skill (and effort) put into closed treatment is so variable that the "statistical evidence" comparing surgical to closed treatment is easy to challenge. I explained this to Peter - and also let him know that he actually lives down the block from a professor who made his career studying, and mostly operating on, these wrist fractures. But I had to give Peter what he expected from a friend "in the business": the inside skinny. (See the most common hospital mishaps...
Senator Joe Lieberman is a far cry from the model politician. In addition to his past political eccentricities, his recent threat to help Republicans block key parts of the federal health-care legislation has angered more than a few people, including the notorious left-wing documentary director Michael Moore. Never one to sit on the sidelines when there’s a statement to be made, Moore has called upon his loyal fans to boycott all Connecticut businesses and institutions until Senator Lieberman comes to his (theoretical) senses. Moore’s plan is not only ill-conceived but also...
...first two sets, we were right in it with them,” said sophomore outside hitter Matt Jones, who had five kills and a block. “We had some opportunities at the end and we just couldn’t follow through to get the clutch points...
...have our coats on and we’re outside, in a parking lot, on the cement. A block away there’s a circle of heads passing cigarettes around and nodding. Dave begins to beatbox. Rubin begins to rap. The rest of us are dancing. I’m beatboxing. Rubin is good, actually. He was always a performer, even in basketball. Here, Rubin is in his element...
...Times poll, roughly 1 in 5 adult Americans identifies with the Tea Party movement, which scored its first major victory last month when Republican Scott Brown won the Massachusetts Senate seat long held by the late Democrat Ted Kennedy. Brown's promises to bolster U.S. defenses against terrorists and block Obama's health care reforms gave him a blinding Tea Party aura, the glow of which sent fear through the Administration and fried the circuits of Congress. But you can no more trace that aura to a home address than you can pinpoint the rainbow's end. The Tea Party...