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...under new management, the hospital has decided to lift the shroud of secrecy around the storeroom and its contents. And Maisel's photos have prodded staff to release the records of some patients to relatives who can produce death certificates proving their family connections. One of those patients was Ada Winterburn, whose stay at the hospital was uncovered by distant cousin Katherine O'Connor as she researched her family history. O'Connor had previously asked to see Winterburn's records, but the hospital refused to share them with her - until Library of Dust was published...
...cricketers have proved themselves world beaters. And for once, the description "rainbow nation" genuinely applies; South Africa's cricketers are white, black, mixed race and ethnically Indian. In 2010, South Africa hosts soccer's World Cup. It won't win, but the success of its cricketers will help lift South Africa's spirits as it prepares for the world's biggest sporting event...
...avoid sounding Pollyannaish, he will have to emphasize the huge difficulties of and impediments to achieving this vision, avoid specific timetables and seek some small but early successes (starting with the cease-fire). But I believe Obama has the unique ability to lift the eyes of Arabs and Israelis from the mire of misery in which they seem forever bound to the far horizon of peace, security, normality and a better future for their children. Coming on the eve of Obama's Inauguration, the Gaza crisis has turned that opportunity into a necessity...
...Though the Massachusetts Hospital Association has previously expressed strong support of the charitable immunity cap, a spokesperson for the organization told the Globe in January 2006 that it would not oppose a bill to lift the charitable immunity exemption for sexual abuse claims against charities, as the bill was aligned with the hospitals’ mission...
...good number to shoot for), and they carry electromagnetic charges far more efficiently and for a far longer time than they otherwise would. When the metals are magnetized, they become so powerful that their ability to repel one another can actually allow them to lift heavy objects off the ground. That's the elegant principle behind some kinds of magnetically levitated (maglev) trains. (See the 50 best inventions...