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That was February 4. But while surgery was set for February 15, the doctors told Weisbrod that there was only an 80 percent chance that he could undergo the percanterous disectomy, which is an arthroscopic surgery that uses a needle to drain the disc's excess fluid. Because the operation does not physically alter the back, there is usually a recovery period of only a week...
...quite as ghastly as its potential victims imagine. The last major experience American and European troops had with poison gas was gruesome enough: in World War I, both sides used it, causing 91,000 deaths, many of the victims dying miserably after coughing up mouthfuls of yellow fluid. Since then, chemical weapons have grown more sophisticated, but so have the techniques to combat them. Says Lieut. Colonel Glenn Tripp, a doctor at MedBase America, a medical evacuation center in the Saudi desert: "The chemical threat is overrated...
pour: to send a fluid (or particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over or on something...
Hamel's direction is skillful. Aside from occasionally awkward and distracting blocking, his staging is fluid. He trusts the script enough to allow actors to remain still on stage, letting the power of Cocteau's ideas hold our interest. Hamel should also receive the credit for an inspired set design, which beautifully highlights what Cocteau called the "false classicism" of this play set in the 19th century...
...this situation be remedied? Corporations should be encouraged to design a family-friendly workplace that gives parents the gift of time. Several U.S. firms have shown that it can be cost-effective to create a more fluid work environment. Government could encourage this by granting tax breaks to companies that offer flexible hours, part-time work with benefits, job sharing, parental leave and home-based employment opportunities...