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...swear an awful lot, and create new and intricate forms of words that used to only have a few. But he gets too giddy when he includes the telltale word seventeen times in a half-page of dialogue. And his imitation rap by the fictionally famous “Doctor Dis” that churns beneath every sweaty dance party is hilarious, though it’s not supposed to be: “spears her haunches Dirty Sanchez dude what wants her nude and slutty pseudo-ruts her butt so rudely taunts her.” Word...

Author: By Joe L. Dimento, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Book Review: I Am Charlotte Simmons | 12/3/2004 | See Source »

...Americans made more than 50,000 trips to a hospital or doctor's office for a luggage-related mishap in 2003. This year, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, whose members see a lot of travelers on their examining tables, has for the first time issued guidelines for safely toting all that baggage. Among the tips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shrink That Suitcase! | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...taking one of those drugs, you should definitely talk to your doctor. You might also read the package inserts that come with your prescription; you may find something your physician has overlooked. And it never hurts to ask about alternative treatments. If there are good ones, it might be prudent to switch until everything gets sorted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: How Safe Are They? | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...Anna and, briefly, Larry and Alice. We are shown only the beginning and end of each affair, when hopes are surging or betrayal sours the air. The piece is a series of cardiograms: hearts open and shut down. "Have you ever seen a human heart?" says Larry, a doctor. "It looks like a fist soaked in blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Let's Talk About Sex | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

MEANWHILE IN THE U.S.... Poetic Justice A judge in the trial of a doctor, notorious for asking dying Beatle George Harrison to autograph a guitar, waxed lyrical in agreeing to the physician's request to move an unrelated suit because of the adverse publicity from the Harrison incident. Set to the classic Beatles song, his ruling started "Something in the folks he treats/ Attracts bad press like no other doctor." Anyone who had forgotten why Dr. Gil Lederman was famous, has now remembered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worldwatch | 11/28/2004 | See Source »

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