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...self-making had costs. Throughout his life he repeatedly injured himself, even sustaining a boxing injury when he was 45 that on top of a cataract cost him the sight in his left eye. Obsessively seeking strength through exercise and adventure, he developed an equally overdone hatred for sissies, "cripples and consumptives," for anyone who could not measure up physically or who reminded him of his childhood shortcomings. He even told his sons he'd rather see them dead than have them grow up to be weaklings. He could never admit to frailty in himself. That was one reason...
...facilities and staff to its system but can't continue to do so at the current rate indefinitely. That's why it wants the private sector to start taking up the slack, though only in three areas: knee and hip replacement and certain kinds of eye surgeries, such as cataract operations. The idea is that that would bring additional funding into the system and more fully employ medical staff. To work in the private sector, medical practitioners will have to submit a "business plan" to the health ministry, says Alberta Health and Wellness spokesman Howard May. "Then we appraise [each...
Levenson works quickly (and without eyeglasses, thanks to two cataract surgeries), making progress that patients can follow daily. He draws everything from memory, a skill he continually hones. While watching a boxing match on television at home, for instance, he will turn away and draw what he has seen. "I freeze it in my mind and make the sketches," he says. "It's what I call my roadwork." A stickler for historical accuracy, he researches his murals in libraries and specialized museums. For his Civil War mural, a member of the hospital staff who belongs to a Civil...
...from abnormal ones, like stopping at a green light. At the Orlando center, about 70% of those tested so far--many of them referred because of Alzheimer's--have failed. About 20% have been given remediation, which may include anything from larger rear-view mirrors for the car to cataract surgery for the driver...
...from around 1750 B.C. have a distinctly contemporary look. A 19th century helmet represents the Otto- man era in Sudan's long Islamic history. The exhibition ends with a reminder that more of Sudan's rich heritage will soon be lost. A dam to be built near the fourth cataract of the Nile will inundate a 170-km strip of land on either side of the river. That's good news for crocodiles, bad news for archaeologists...