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...scenes (to no avail) to set firm timetables for U.S. withdrawal, Reid's comments are a reminder that they are not yet ready to take such a hard line in public. The public may think Iraq is a mistake and a fiasco; but it may not be ready to bug out. Finally, the Democrats may be betting that a surge by Bush is inevitable anyway, so why not get on board now, and take away any suggestion that they are against it. But this probably won't be the last we hear from Reid on troop levels...
Kevin Conlin has a problem. Physicians in Wichita have been catching a bug. An entrepreneurial bug. One that compels them to build highly specialized hospitals, diagnostic imaging facilities stocked with next-generation scanners, and same-day surgery centers that have hotel-like touches. Conlin, CEO of the $1.2 billion nonprofit Via Christi Health System in Kansas, complains that these outfits are competing unfairly against St. Francis and St. Joseph, his two general hospitals in Wichita. And he intends to do something about it. Via Christi provided Kansans with some $30 million in charity care and $33 million in unpaid...
...mundane records of day-to-day episodes. A friend of mine has an entire series of photo albums of his roommate carrying out daily chores. “Joe sweeps,” a caption reads. In another photo album I have stumbled upon, a sweet little study bug of a girl has posted snapshots of her friends hunched over textbooks in Lamont...
...same store also carried mosquito spray and those bug zappers that you plug into a power outlet, hoping it will kill all the mosquitoes in the room. Having been massacred by mosquitoes the night before despite smearing myself with repellent, I piled half a dozen zappers onto the counter, along with a loaf of bread, some cheese and crackers and some bottles of water. The woman at the register proceeded to wipe the dust off each item in turn before ringing...
...shock. They didn’t tell me about it. And its kind of fun to walk by past it and think you are on the wall of a building. That’s probably something that will never happen again. Very few people can say that.15.FM: Do people bug you? What if I asked for your autograph?CD: I wouldn’t be creeped out. That happens a lot actually. Its kind of funny. Do you know who Edward Lee is? He said if I broke the record I could sign his Harvard-Yale ticket. People...