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Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs), which compete with hospital outpatient departments for procedures that don't require overnight stays, like colonoscopies and some joint surgeries, are hollowing out hospitals as well. There are almost 5,000 ASCs today, nearly twice as many as a decade ago. Four in five are at least partly owned by physicians, many in partnership with hospitals seeking to minimize losses. The number of imaging centers has climbed to 6,037, up from 4,159 in 2001, according to the data firm Verispan. The scanning machines are costly to maintain, but once those costs are covered...
...Street, a grid of red-tiled colonial town houses that has evolved into one of the most eclectic entertainment zones in Asia. There's the inevitable Irish pub, numerous spots punning on the Angkor handle (including the semi-satirical Angkor What? Bar) and the Linga Bar, a solitary gay joint. Rather more eccentric, the Dead Fish Tower, besides hosting its very own crocodile pit, promises not to serve dog, cat, rat or worm. And there are some tasteful surprises, like Blue Pumpkin, a café with stark white tables, loungers and beds that are briskly attended by beaming, black-clad...
...presidential search committee, which includes all six Corporation fellows and three overseers, unveiled the list to the 30-member Board of Overseers when the boards held a joint session Sunday afternoon in Loeb House...
...Over pumpkin pancakes at the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) last week, Hwang and Wong reminisce about the ice cream social during Freshman Week, where they first met. “It was a match made in heaven,” Hwang says. Hwang, an Economics and Government joint concentrator in Eliot House, has devoted much of his time to Harvard Free Culture, which advocates less restrictive intellectual property policies. “Cultural space used to be public,” Hwang says, adding that even the song “Happy Birthday” is copyrighted...
...presidential search committee, which includes all six Corporation fellows and three overseers, unveiled the list to the 30-member Board of Overseers when the boards held a joint session Sunday afternoon in Loeb House...