Word: consciousnesses
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...with me that night was also exceptional, one of the best there is. She knew a lot about "conscious sedation," that is, knocking patients out just enough to do short emergency procedures without pain or writhing - but also without stopping the patient's heart or lungs. (Emergency rooms are not operating rooms; sedation can be risky, and Sasha had a full stomach, another danger.) But Melissa was her usual cheerful, omnicompetent self: "Don't worry, we can fix up that arm right here. We'll just use a touch of atropine, a little Versed for the nightmares and then...
...trajectory of a traditional investment banker,” and is convinced it will not make use of the skills he sees growing in his future. Instead, he hopes one day to pursue a career in film. The people who know Brown best credit him for making a conscious effort to live a well-balanced social life. “I’ve never met anybody who’s as capable of bringing people together,” his roommate Adam J. Katz ’07 says. Katz recalls a time when Brown had the opportunity...
...Abstinence Teacher, by Tom Perrotta From its titillating title, I expect the book will feature hoards of sexed-up teenagers and one hyper-conscious adult fighting to bring to them a sense of moral enlightenment. The cover is a picture of a green chalk board, on which two chalk birds and several chalk bees are drawn. Judging by this punny picture, this book should be entertaining, light, and full of those awkward “birds-and-the-bees” moments. The Cleft, by Doris Lessing Cleft sentence, cleft palate, cleft chin, or the Cleft of Venus...
...starts off in a dark place. In the intro, Jean tells us over the sound of a scratching pen that “a lot of things have changed; the whole world’s in panic.” Wyclef has consistently tried to take socially conscious hip-hop into the mainstream, a worthy cause. This album’s no exception and it seems like he’s on a mission to change the world. But the messages Wyclef tackles prove too much. He comes off overwhelmed, musically and otherwise. Clearly, Wyclef?...
...Sciences (FAS) consists mostly of professors with tenure or those who are on the path to tenure. “It’s quite the opposite at Harvard,” said Brian W. Casey, the FAS associate dean for academic affairs. “There was a conscious decision around the year 2000 to expand the tenured ranks.” Tenured or tenure-track professors make up 62 percent of the Faculty at Harvard. Though Harvard might claim to contradict the study’s trend, John W. Curtis, one of the report’s authors...