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...ties to Peony are strong, to Snow Flower even stronger. Like both those works, Shanghai Girls is a work of historical fiction. And like Snow Flower, its emotional heart is a complex relationship between two women (sworn sisters in the earlier novel). They experience traumatic events that would put a strain on any psyche - and any relationship. (See 10 things to do in Shanghai...
Billy Mays knew how to sell. He was the consummate pitchman, rising from boardwalks to state fairs to short-form direct-response ads. By the time he died of heart disease on June 28 at 50, he was on television more than 400 times a week. To an aspiring inventor or an entrepreneur, his oratory was the difference between a pipe dream and a blockbuster...
Perhaps an even more pressing problem in the context of health reform is the risk of overutilization of services. According to a 2006 report from the federal Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, just the presence of a doctor-owned heart hospital in a community increases the rate of cardiac surgery by 6% among Medicare beneficiaries. The upshot, according to a House staffer involved in health reform, is that "people are getting things they probably don't need." Plus, says the staffer, "the community hospitals go to war, bulk up their own specialty centers and all of a sudden you see these...
...such facilities are generally high and it's logical that a facility dedicated to just one or a few specialties could operate more efficiently. "Rather than compete in the marketplace they want to legislate us out of business," says Dr. John Harvey, president and CEO of the Oklahoma Heart Hospital...
Anyone who ever saw Alexis Arguello slug out a 13-round victory in the boxing ring knows he had the heart of a giant - too big, it seemed, to fit inside his skinny, 130-pound frame, which could pack a punch like a mule kick. Revered as the "Explosive Thin Man" and the "Gentleman of the Ring," Arguello - who committed suicide with a bullet to his heart on July 1 - was a champion like few others before him or after. Even on the rare occasion that he lost (he won 82 of his 90 career bouts), he gave an epic...