Word: floor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Johnson led the Harvard offense that was dominant in the paint. The team shot an amazing 60.7 percent from the floor in the first half...
...again shot 7-of-9 from the floor and made 2-of-3 from the line to rack up a team-high 16 points in 23 minutes of playing time...
...prescription order, I would go to the stock shelves, find the right bottle and count out the number of pills that were called for. A registered pharmacist verified my work and swept the pills into a container with the patient's name, which was then delivered to the appropriate floor. One day I put a weaker dose of a heart medication on the counting tray than I should have. Neither the pharmacist nor I caught my mistake, but the patient saw that the pills were not the color he was used to getting and refused to take the drug. That...
...busy that night in the emergency room and intensive-care unit of the hospital where I did my residency. I was in charge of the regular floor; my colleague, also an intern, was covering the ICU. Interns on call usually manage to grab at least a couple of hours' sleep during their 24-hr. shift, but that night we worked nonstop. Suddenly a senior resident came rushing down the hall. Emergency...
...about the New Hampshire primary on a tour of his children's pet collection. Before his wife Cindy can holler back--"Just don't show him the bedroom! It's a mess!"--McCain has swept past the wide-open door to their bedroom, where clothes are strewn across the floor and bed, into the lair of McCain's 13-year-old son Jack, where a 25-in. iguana is staring back from a glass case. "We've had him since he was this big," McCain says, holding his index fingers about 5 in. apart. Standing there, he remembers the question...