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...specialist, he selected a rhinologist of whom he had a low opinion. Was this an example of the celebrated "death wish," or perhaps just another instance of his need to be the boss? Macht nichts. The nose doctor operated and botched the job. Freud was left hemorrhaging on a cot in a small room that he shared with a retarded dwarf. The fellow summoned a nurse, though it is unlikely that he realized he was saving a giant...
...hockey reporter from the Potsdam (N.Y.) Bee drags a cot and sleeping bag to post-game interviews with Clarkson Coach Cap Raeder...
Bledsoe, though stalky in appearance, manages to conjure up the mannerisms of a femme fatale. She wafts through the simple cot-table-and-chair set which is the Kowalski apartment, making eyes at all the men, convincing as the woman of loose conduct but high morals. And if Bledsoe occasionally falters on lines, that's understandable considering the number she has to work with...
...state doesn't offer enough shelters for the mentally ill, and those it does provide often just offer "3 hots and a cot"--no professional psychiatric help, no career training, no personalized attention. Sheltered patients may get periodic check-ups and medication, but that isn't enough to turn their lives around...
...termed "detainees" rather than "prisoners," the Iranians were transferred from the Jarrett to the La Salle. Dressed in fresh La Salle T shirts and oversize jeans, the sailors were bound by the wrists with plastic handcuffs, their ankles were tied with cord, and each crewman was put on a cot in the ship's vehicle-storage room. On Saturday they were flown to Oman and released to the International Red Crescent (the Islamic version of the Red Cross) for repatriation. Their ill-fated ship was packed with explosives and scuttled in deep water off Bahrain...