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...doctors crowded into the small conference room in Houston certainly are. They're having a bit of fun in the middle of an intense four-week crash course in tropical medicine. At the end of their medical marathon, they will be trading the steamy urban comforts of Texas for the hothouse that is Africa; some are headed to the southern tip of the continent, to Lesotho, Botswana and Swaziland, others to the west, to Burkina Faso, while another bunch is destined for the east, to Malawi and Tanzania. Before they go, however, they need to learn an entirely new kind...
...fleeing car was going way too fast for an accurate PIT, so Scott chose another strategy. Nine miles and six minutes into the chase, he rammed the car from behind, sending it off the road and down an embankment. There was no gas station at the bottom, but the crash was bad enough: It rendered the driver, 19-year-old Vincent Harris, a quadriplegic...
...pleases. His bed is an Aero mattress, conveniently stored in the closet during the day. He brought his own comforter. Kelly Clarkson is always available on his laptop, which occasionally wanders from Will’s corner on to my desk. Although I was somewhat hesitant to let him crash, it’s been a surprisingly symbiotic experience for the both of us. Will gets me free drinks at the Kong, and I arrange for his laundry to be done. He gets the bouncers at the Kong to do me random favors, and I’m on call...
This vexation is equally felt by the reader. With Langguth detailing each exhaustive event concerning the War of 1812, one almost feels like this is a history crash course. However, the fluidity of Langguth’s prose keeps the book from devolving into a boring, lecture-like encyclopedia...
...capable of guarding another offense’s playmaker and creating havoc for opposing teams by forcing turnovers that lead to fast breaks. On the other end of the court, Pusar can function as a slasher, creating open looks for the Crimson’s sharpshooters, and he can crash the boards for offensive rebounds.“My role on the team is to be a defensive stopper and a dirty work player,” Pusar says. “There’s so much offensive firepower on this team that I would like to bring...