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...MIT’s Provost from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day, and will swear off food until he resigns. According to The Boston Globe, about 30 supporters joined his protest yesterday.Sherley has undergone extensive preparations for his strike. He said he has undergone tests for kidney, liver, and heart function, and has read up on the effects of starvation so he knows what to expect. A certified M.D., he will check his own blood pressure daily. An MIT medical team will be on call, he said. Sherley said he has had to resort to such desperate measures because...
...People’s Republic of China. It is, of course, the country’s National Day. It is also, the BBC reports, the peak of organ season in China’s rapidly growing organ transplant centers (frequented by many a rich Westerner in need of a liver or two). The reason for this October surge in organ supply is simple, the BBC reports: Prisoner executions in China always go up before the national holiday...
...months, he declared, ''You probably have hepatitis. There is a lot of it going around in this detention house. I'll examine a specimen of your blood.'' I was astonished. Any ignoramus would know that I had bronchitis, possibly verging on pneumonia, not hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver with symptoms entirely different from mine. What sort of ''doctor'' was this? When I looked at him through the small window, I saw a country lad, no more than 20 years of age, in a soldier's uniform. I realized he was not a trained doctor at all but had been...
DIED. Bobby Layne, 59, fiercely competitive, party-loving Pro Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Detroit Lions to National Football League championships in 1952, 1953 and 1957 and set unsurpassed team records before finishing his 15-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers; after a long bout with liver problems, and cancer; in Lubbock, Texas. He was a dedicated carouser off field, but he was also a disciplined team leader whose skills were strongly evidenced in the last minutes of many games. His strategies helped develop what was later known as the two-minute drill. "Bobby Layne never lost...
...with trials entirely. Just as pilots practice flying in flight simulators, the rest of us practice living in life simulators, and our ability to simulate future courses of action and preview their consequences enables us to learn from mistakes without making them. We don't need to bake a liver cupcake to find out that it is a stunningly bad idea; simply imagining it is punishment enough. The same is true for insulting the boss and misplacing the children. We may not heed the warnings that prospection provides, but at least we aren't surprised when we wake up with...