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...just took what they gave us.”Then, with a quick three-and-out on defense, Winters drove deep into the red zone. Poised at the 15-yard line and staring at a fourth and three situation, Murphy decided to go for broke. But a handoff to Gordon, who drove up the middle, got shut down two yards short of moving the chains.“I just felt like their offense is good enough that you can’t guarantee that you’re going to get them off the field,” Murphy...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Lost Crusade | 9/20/2009 | See Source »

...medicine is not the same as building Toyotas, but you can still standardize. Uncertainty shouldn't be an excuse to ignore data." Mayo has teams working on evidence-based protocols to reduce the use of intensive care, lower valve-replacement costs and avoid unneeded transfusions. It's standardizing a handoff protocol that reduced errors after shift changes at its Arizona branch, as well as a program that boosted patient satisfaction by teaching doctors at its Florida branch to listen better. Mayo even has its own registry to track artificial joints, which are expected to increase fivefold by 2030 as baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Cut Health-Care Costs: Less Care, More Data | 6/23/2009 | See Source »

Nonetheless, the handoff between Jay and Conan, like a presidential transition, marks a change in style and in the office itself. On the simplest level, the two have different ideas of what's funny. Jay is a master of the topical joke who worked tirelessly on lengthy pulled-from-the-headlines monologues. On his final show, he thanked "all the people who made it possible: Michael Jackson, Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton." (See the top 10 Jay Leno moments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jay's Torch Passes to Conan, But He's Not Fading Away | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

...male athletes injured, it would have been difficult for the Crimson to pull out a victory against the Bulldogs.“In the 4x100, freshman Chuma Ogunwole was sick and tore his hamstring,” Geloneck said. “We messed up the handoff, and were disqualified.”Rookie Jon Dingus also sat out on the sidelines with either a broken or stress-fractured foot.“I think it’s important to remember that a lot of people on our team are freshmen and sophomores, so we?...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Takes on Yale in Ivy League Meet | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

...proved to be more than true at the Encore's pan-Asian offering, Wazuzu, where mediocrity ruled, from the bland shumai to the uninteresting sushi to the disinterested service - our waitress abandoned us midway through the meal for her break. She was following labor rules, we presume, but the handoff was less than smooth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stick It to the Recession: Wynn's Vegas Encore | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

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