Word: doctor
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...skilled as the author is in strengthening certain characters, his choice to weaken Dudden by exposing the doctor's neuroses seems not to fit with the rest of the story. As a student, Dudden might have been described as cold and analytic at best. However, Coe's decision to allow the doctor to become consumed by a desire to live in a sleepless state proceeds in a forced and unconvincing direction. Insinuations that Dudden is little more than a mad scientist whose experiments in the realm of sleep deprivation must be stopped are tiresome and perhaps even inappropriate...
This is not to say that the oft-ridiculousscenes involving Dudden are a total failure. Infact, quite possibly the funniest event in theentire story involves a day trip the doctor takesto a meeting in London designed to introducepsychiatrists to the intricacies of managed healthcare. Two completely inexperienced recent collegegraduates are presiding over the seminar, their"consulting strategies and advice" to the room ofprominent and respected therapists about as usefulas finger-painting is to a high school senior. Theonly person at all interested in these theories isDudden, who can't comprehend why his colleaguesdon't appreciate these business skills that haveclearly...
...course was originally spread over two weekends); and--most important--they are less in-your-face, nearly devoid of the shouting and door monitoring imposed by est's stern trainers. Says a former estie who attended a 1997 Forum: "est was much more militant. You had to have a doctor's note just to go to the bathroom. People humiliated themselves for it. est tried to break you. Landmark doesn't do that...
...center of attention in Art, you won't be surprised to learn, is a work of art: a big, plain, all-white painting that Serge, a well-to-do doctor, has bought for 200,000 francs. His friend Marc, who fancies himself an art buff but hates the modern stuff, is appalled at the purchase and tells him so. Each of them tries to enlist the support of a third friend, Yvan, who has other things on his mind, mainly his approaching wedding. In the brief 90 minutes that French author Yasmina Reza's play takes to unfold, the three...
...lucky as Alice. On a recent Monday, I made one of my many pilgrimages to University Health Services. I had to arrange to send X-rays which a UHS doctor had taken to a doctor in New York. Getting those X-rays consumed my previous Friday morning, so I was not thrilled by the thought of killing more time at a place most students avoid like the plague...