Word: doctor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dover family includes Lauren, 5, and Noah, 2, who were born in Denmark and Israel, respectively. His father throws basketballs into Noah's hands from time to time, but predicts that the take will someday be an orthopedic surgeon, Lauren plans to be a dancer, "and a doctor like her mother," who holds a Ph. D. and is a psychologist...
...doctor acknowledged that he had given both women examinations late at night, despite a warning from superiors after the first incident not to conduct such examinations without a nurse present...
...doctor said yesterday that he had given the woman a rectal examination and that in her drugged state she had mistaken that for a sexual advance...
...stigma of leprosy is based largely on misunderstanding. The use of the term leprosy in the Bible was the result of translation errors; eczema or psoriasis would be more accurate. Furthermore, leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease after the doctor who discovered the bacterium that causes it, is not very contagious. About 95% of the world's population seems to be immune, and even those who are susceptible are at risk only after long-term exposure to an active case...
Even older engineers who become disillusioned with their profession in mid-career look back upon their school days with pride. Says Thomas Morris-White, 44, an engineering manager with Bechtel: "If I had it to do all over again, I'd be an engineer or a doctor. I wouldn't consider anything else...