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...devices, which must be fitted by doctors or midwives and cost around $25 each, are equally effective in preventing pregnancy (failure rate: about 15%). Enthusiasts claim the cap has several advantages. For one thing, it is more durable: a diaphragm can tear and needs to be checked for holes regularly. But the chief benefit of the cap is that it allows greater sexual spontaneity and gratification. Women can wear it for up to 48 hours, compared with 24 hours for the diaphragm. And because the cap fits tightly and rarely leaks, the reintroduction of spermicide before intercourse is unnecessary. Declares...
...imposed handicap to start off with a quote from The Greening of America, the definitive expression of the 1960s zeitgeist and possibly the most foolish book ever to be serialized in The New Yorker and debated on the New York Times op-ed page (though that is a bold claim). But just 18 years ago, a book rhapsodizing about the pleasures of getting high got the kind of serious attention reserved more recently for The Fate of the Earth and The Closing of the American Mind. This is a sharp reminder of how far we've veered in the other...
...remaining Ybor City cigar makers are bringing their grandchildren and great-grandchildren back to their old neighborhood for a look around or a day at one of the frequent festivals that celebrate the neighborhood's rich heritage. When they close their eyes and take a deep, long breath, they claim, they can still smell the sweet aroma of cigars...
...Surgeon Timothy Patrick. In 1981 a peer-review panel was considering ending his privileges at the only hospital in Astoria, Ore., on the grounds of substandard patient care. Patrick resigned and sued the doctors in a rival practice, who had initiated and participated in the proceedings against him. His claim: conspiracy to eliminate a competitor. Though the law partly protects physicians who serve on peer-review panels from antitrust actions, the court ruled 8 to 0 that this protection did not apply here; it upheld a lower-court award of $2.2 million in damages to Dr. Patrick...
...been delighted by the numerous future references to this unfortunate streak, but somehow I always wanted to claim credit for its discovery. Now I have...