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...guess explaining the enigma of Judaism to a 21-year-old who knows nothing about it (other than knee-jerk Holocaust invocations) is sort of like teaching a new language to a 40-year-old. You have to be indoctrinated while you’re young...
...something about Obama was different. Monica wrenched her knee just before the 2004 Democratic Convention and was forced to watch it on TV as her husband--who produced all of the convention's official buttons--toiled behind the scenes. She called Baltes immediately after Obama's keynote speech. "Did you hear that?" Monica gushed...
...started as a trip to Homegoods, and a fruitless search for dorm decor. I was wading through a center aisle, knee-deep in a melange of pleather ottomans, outdoor garden ornaments, and kitschy teacups, when I spotted a worn book on a shelf ahead: “A Moveable Feast” by Ernest Hemingway. I lifted it from the shelf and turned it over, only to find the back blank, the dust jacket non-existent, and the cover glued to the “pages.” The book was a prop, a fake, meant solely for decoration...
Putting a dislocated hip back in place, or "reducing the hip" in our jargon, requires a sedated patient. It is unquestionably the most athletically challenging of all medical procedures. Two people hold the patient down, the orthopedist climbs up on the stretcher, bends the knee, picks up the thigh and then uses a combination of delicate manipulation and great brute force to pop the hip back. My back always hurts for a week after I do one. Spasms of the huge muscles around the patient's hip must be controlled with intravenous sedation - or else the entire procedure...
When the Harvard women’s volleyball team travels to Dartmouth this Friday, sophomore Katherine Kocurek may recall some unpleasant memories. Last time Kocurek played in Hanover, New Hampshire, she tore her meniscus and sprained the LCL in her knee after diving into the bench for a stray ball. Kocurek, an enthusiastic 5-foot-11-inch libero, takes pride in sacrificing her body for her team. Unfortunately, one of Kocurek’s greatest strengths, her hustle, turned into a weakness as she was forced to sit out seven matches last season due to injury. “Having...