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...deep to cut is also super-basic to the practice of surgery, about like starting the engine is to the practice of driving. The skin is (unless you're a plastic surgeon) ultimately just another thing standing in the way of what you really want to get at - that joint, tendon or organ you're there to fix. And skin has many amazing properties: Gain 200 pounds and the number of square yards of your skin may nearly double. Your skin regulates body temperature, changes color to prevent radiation damage, oils itself, feels, grows hair and emits all kinds...
...class, are possibly the best patients. They're logical and they're accustomed to the concept of consultation - they're interested in how the doctor thinks about their problem. They know how to use experts. If your orthopedist thinks about arthritis, for instance, in terms of friction between roughened joint surfaces, you should try to think about it, generally, in the same way. There is little use coming to him or her for help if you insist your arthritis is due to an imbalance between yin and yang, an interruption of some imaginary force field or a dietary deficiency...
...large pool of potential students who may not want or be able to travel to the U.S. and a way to expose those back home to a part of the world that has become increasingly important. Already, Ivy League institutions such as Harvard, Yale and Columbia are running joint courses with local schools or offering independent short programs. George Washington University and the University of North Dakota are also tying up with Indian schools. Georgia Institute of Technology has begun talks with one of the state governments and regulators to see if it can legally get around the general...
...stars seem to be aligning for a new consensus-driven renaissance at Harvard. The Committee on Campus Life (CCL) is soon to spawn a subcommittee on student group funding in the aftermath of the Party Fund fiasco. A joint subcommittee of the CCL and the CHL will soon begin contemplating College-wide alcohol policies for House events...
...President Nicolas Sarkozy, the crafty political operator known for exploiting his opponents' weaknesses in ways they don't expect. A social dinner Tuesday night at the White House was followed by a trip Wednesday to Mount Vernon set the collegial tone. And Bush laid it on thick at a joint press conference at Washington's home Wednesday, saying Sarkozy had "impressed a lot of people here on your journey," and telling the French leader that he has "a strong set of universal values in your heart...