Word: count
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when the daily census of abandoned babies ran as high as 25. "We used to have them in four or five rooms," says D.C. General's communications director, Linda Ivey, proudly. "Now there's only one nursery." New York City's Harlem Hospital Center reports that its daily count has plunged from 20 to three. At Grady Memorial in Atlanta, the annual total of boarder children fell from 52 in 1990 to 22 last year. The improvements reflect a courageous willingness to identify -- and tackle -- root causes. All three hospitals practice early intervention, targeting problem mothers during pregnancy. Each addresses...
...producers. The rappers and musicians collectively count as one more...
...morning softball game at a high school field in Brentwood, his L.A. sojourns are practically all work. "I have triple breakfasts and 18-hour days," he says. "What I've learned is that if you're organized enough and you're compulsive enough, you can make your 10 days count for 25 days of a normal person." Tartikoff at double speed: Hollywood may be used to it, but this sounds like a story for Weekly World News...
According to December's Magic magazine, there are nine major shows in Vegas that are either full-tilt magic acts or feature magicians big. But that's an underestimate, because it doesn't count Vegas regulars like the Pendragons (husband and wife magicians and body builders -- it had to happen). Nor does it count the acts that play the celebrity rooms several weeks a year, such as Harry Blackstone Jr., David Copperfield and, yes, Penn & Teller. Then there are the close-up guys who sit at your table and do tricks and jokes right in your and your date...
James Arthur Hogue, who had compiled a long list of aliases and convictions before coming to Harvard last year, plead guilty on December 27 to one count of larceny over $250, said Jill Reilly, spokesperson for the Middlesex County District Attorney's office...