Word: doctor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reached Andrei's nitroglycerine pills by the side of his bed. The pain subsided after a moment, and I could call Andrei and lie down. That was the start of constant nitroglycerine and other medicine. I still had bouts of nausea and incredible weakness. Since I am a doctor, I did everything for myself -- patient and doctor at the same time. I knew it was a heart attack, but I tried to deny it subconsciously...
...veteran Harvard physician first came toHarvard in 1953 as a doctor-in-training at theHarvard affiliated Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Hewas appointed to his present post in 1971 bythen-President Nathan M. Pusey with Bok'sapproval
Meanwhile, Daniloff continued his daily routine of jogging five miles along the Moscow River embankment. The strain of detention, though in the comfortable surroundings of the U.S. embassy, where he has been staying since his release from Lefortovo Prison more than two weeks ago, has taken its toll: a doctor at the embassy is worried about the correspondent's continued high blood pressure. Despite the hopes for a settlement, Ronald Reagan has stood firm in insisting that Daniloff is an "innocent hostage who should be released." As long as he remained in the Soviet Union, a summit would be held...
Since U.S. universities graduate some 37,000 lawyers, 16,000 doctors and 51,000 accountants annually, plenty of labor power is available. Upscale service agencies are springing up to match that supply with the new demand. Temporary agencies that place physicians are an especially fast-growing group. Atlanta's Locum Tenens, founded in 1983, has 2,000 doctors on call. The agency's revenues last year reached $3 million, twice the 1984 total. Typically, a general-practice doctor hired through Locum Tenens is paid a fee of $440 a day. The agency provides malpractice coverage and travel expenses...
...January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court announced in the decision of two landmark cases, Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, that in the first trimester, the abortion decision must be left to the pregnant woman and her doctor. Right now, a 5-4 vote upholds Roe v. Wade; just one more anti-choice Supreme Court Justice would be enough to overturn it. If, when, and as soon as this happens, passage of Question 1 will give the Massachusetts Legislature the power to outlaw abortion--even in the case of rape and incest victims and women with serious health...