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...other end of our spectrum are patients like Susan: They're often suspicious and distrustful, their pressured sentences burst with misused, mispronounced words and half-baked ideas. Unfortunately, both types of patients get sick with roughly the same frequency...
...were reminiscent of the flooding that devastated New Orleans in 2005. But unlike Katrina, this natural disaster caused no anarchy or four-figure death toll. Amid heavy rains, President Felipe Calderón ordered in thousands of troops two days before the most damaging flooding hit. When the riverbanks finally burst, more than 60 helicopters were buzzing through the skies, carrying out nonstop rescue and relief missions. Calderón and half his Cabinet then touched down in Villahermosa four times in a week, giving televised updates on everything from the use of satellite phones in shelters to the drop points...
...amid shrieks of laughter and occasional calls of "Ikki! Ikki!" (Chug it! Chug it!). The '80s-disco decor and the manic enthusiasm of the crowd at Top Dandy, one of the most popular host clubs in Kabukicho, could make you wonder whether Japan's bubble ever really burst. The clients are entertained by 50 hosts, most sporting an identical Rod Stewart-inspired hairdo. "Quite slow today," says Nobutora, No. 1 host at Top Dandy, the best-looking guy on their 'otoko' menu of male hosts. In less than an hour, there have been three "champagne calls" (when a customer buys...
...faculty positions and for jobs in the private sector before deciding to join Harvard as a computer science professor in 1992. When Smith was awarded tenure in 2000, Bala, a friend of Smith, convinced him to take time off from teaching to start a business. After the Internet bubble burst, Smith recalls, no one was interested in funding their company. Smith says the first 18 months without funding were “painful,†but allowed time to hone a message and figure out what to do without any supervisors.Computer science professor Margot I. Seltzer, who started...
Amid heavy rains, President Felipe Calderon ordered in thousands of soldiers, marines, pilots and federal police on Oct. 29, two days before the most damaging flooding hit. When the riverbanks finally burst, inundating some 70% of the city on Oct. 31, there were more than 60 helicopters buzzing through the skies carrying out nonstop rescue and relief missions. Calderon and half his cabinet then touched down in Villahermosa three times in five days, giving televised updates on everything from how to use satellite phones in shelters to the drop points of millions of bottles of water. "The reaction has been...