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...this procedure, performed under light sedation, doctors used a colonoscope, a flexible hollow tube with fiber-optic threads, that can be inserted to the full length of the large intestine. Inside the tube is a wire snare that emerges in a loop at the far end. Maneuvering the colonoscope, they placed the loop around the suspect polyp and passed an electric current through the wire which cauterized the polyp, freeing it from the intestinal wall. Held to the end of the colonoscope by suction, the polyp was withdrawn. Using the same instrument, the doctors visually scanned the rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Perplexing, and Sometimes Perilous, Polyp | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...White House residence, George Bush was trying to rally the troops. ?I'm a pretty driven guy,? he told a group of 15 GOP lawmakers about his determination to reform Social Security. ?When I get my mind focused I mean it.? It was a timely pep talk, coming after hollow-eyed Republicans had returned from town halls and covered dish dinners where angry constituents were opposed to Bush's initiative. The man in charge of shepherding the President's plan through the Senate, Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, hinted last week it might make sense to scrap Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sticking to His Plan | 3/5/2005 | See Source »

...scene is nothing compared to the doughnut scene. Up and down Landsdown Street, Goths, Punks, and Ravers roam in search of late-night munchies. At 4 a.m. those who eschew the hollow promises of the Late Night Sausage Guy are duly rewarded as Twin Doughnuts flings open its doors to meet the tattooed masses yearning to eat for (almost…) free...

Author: By Diana E. Garvin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: If You Bake It, They Will Come | 2/17/2005 | See Source »

...sister. Her POA ends with your mother's death. If she's also your mother's executor, however, then you would have to go to probate court for relief. But if you don't act before then, you may be left with nothing but an expensive lawsuit and a hollow feeling in your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask Francine | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

...Arab world will underhype this election. When millions of Iraqis risk their lives and then dance with joy at having been initiated into the rituals of democracy, a fact has been created. And the old clich?s that America went to Iraq for oil or hegemony begin to look hollow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why It Deserves the Hype | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

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