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...things is the importance in a doctor’s work with a patient for him to understand his patient’s worldview, because unless you understand that aspect of the patient you will not have an understanding of who that patient is and how they will confront illness and death—and all of these other aspects that you would find out if you understood a patient’s worldview. Modern medicine is just beginning to realize that that’s a very important part of a patient’s personal history...
First among the many gains that Allston will undoubtedly bring is the ability for the University to hire more faculty and decrease Harvard’s student-to-faculty ratio. Harvard’s deans have consistently tried to recruit more scholars, but have had to confront the reality that there is simply no space available. With careful planning, not only will Harvard find a place to put the scholars it attracts, but the space itself may attract scholars to Harvard. Especially in the sciences, new labs will help the University to compete with other top-tier institutions. These...
Hewlett still insists that men don't face the same "cruel choices" that women confront. "Men who find that they have no relationship with their adult kids at least have a second chance as grandfathers," she argues. "For women, childlessness represents a rolling loss into the future. It means having no children and no grandchildren." While her earlier books are full of policy prescriptions, this one is more personal. She salts the book with cautionary tales: women who were too threatening to the men they dated, too successful and preoccupied, too "predatory" to suit men who were looking for "nurturers...
...down your cheeks," she says. "And sometimes it hurts, because you have to go to a place you maybe haven't been. I'd just gone through my divorce before making Crush, so I was in a lot of pain--which actually helped!" In one scene, Kate has to confront her friends' betrayal. "When I started to cry," MacDowell says, "I didn't know if I was going to be able to stop...
...Congressmen and senators will get their backs up when you confront them with the fact that they spend so little time in Washington tending to official business. "We're doing the public's business when we're meeting with constituents, answering our mail or traveling back to our states," they'll insist. Actually, that's not the case. Most of a member's time is spent getting reelected. Congressional staffers tell me privately that as much as three-fourths of their day is spent ensuring that their boss keeps his job. The mail the congressman sends out, the district newsletters...