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...complaints they had racked up in their first years of practice. Overall, the 3,424, physicians had 1,116 complaints among them, of which 696 were deemed valid after medical-authority investigation. The physicians who scored low on the test - the poor communicators, who were, say, condescending, judgmental or flippant in their behavior - had generated a disproportionate number of those complaints. Doctors with scores in the bottom quartile on the test's communication-related portion had 70% more legitimate complaints per year of practice than the top-quartile performers; the poor communicators had 4.3 complaints per 100 doctors per year...
...many of the 20th century's most notorious miscreants, from Carlos the Jackal to the Nazi "Butcher of Lyon," Klaus Barbie. Asked if he would defend Hitler, Vergès replies, "I'd even defend Bush. Of course he'd have to admit his guilt first." The answer is flippant, but it points to a question posed by this meticulous, powerful film: Why is the violence committed by individuals called terrorism, while the violence committed by nations called statecraft...
...Muslim but a Kazakh (a curious answer owing to Kazazhstan’s large Muslim population). Cohen’s Borat then tries to lighten up the moment by saying that instead of following Islam he “follows the hawk” (a flippant reference to Kazakhstan’s flag...
...many people in the crowd pointed out, the false alarm wasn’t just inconvenient; it was downright dangerous. With each false alarm—a persistent problem for Eliot in recent years—the attitude of students toward fire safety grows more and more flippant. As the chorus of irritated voices grew louder and louder, the crowd began to notice a single, particularly upset voice penetrating the din. It was a fireman. And he had a megaphone. In an obscenity-laced rant that lasted longer than a wait in the Annenberg waffle line, the fireman...
...history concentrator in Adams House, aims to provide serious analysis of flippant issues. His column “Musings on Mores,” which covers American popular culture in a satirical and occasionally curmudgeonly manner, could best be described as an erudite commentary on TV Guide. It will appear on alternate Wednesdays...