Word: manhattanization
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...perks of being in an exciting city cease to exist when you discover that all of your waking hours are spent at work. One of my mentors at the firm, a third-year analyst, told me not to stress about the exorbitant Manhattan rents. "Just get a studio large enough for your bed," he said rather gravely. "You won't do anything else in your room...
...Richard Dreyfuss present the union view of the strike on Rosie O'Donnell's TV klatch, sent a $10 money order with a note reading, "Now I understand what this is about and I want to help." All the exposure intensified the negotiations, which continued on Saturday in a Manhattan hotel...
...sought out a pain specialist and eventually found the department of pain medicine and palliative care at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, one of only a handful of such facilities in the U.S. Dr. Lauren Shaiova prescribed fentanyl, a stronger pain medication that made Cummins comfortable but not cloudy. Finally, his agony and fog lifted. "We call her our angel," said Nancy, Bob's wife, of Shaiova. But she was only practicing basic pain management, using readily available drugs. "Most docs just say, 'There's nothing more we can do,'" laments Shaiova. "I tell them, 'I can actively treat...
Another shortcoming of hospice is that not everyone can afford or wants to die at home. (Although a few hospitals have inpatient hospices and 30% of nursing homes now contract with hospice companies, 90% of hospice patients live at home.) Gans, the retired psychologist who lives alone in a Manhattan high-rise, is worried that she will need medical care at night. More generally, African Americans, Russian immigrants and others who have had less access to health care fear that doctors who recommend hospice are trying to get rid of them. "All people want to die with dignity...
Both the MTV Video Music Awards and the United Nations Millennium Summit descended last week on the island of Manhattan, clogging its streets with many motorcades, entourages and outsize egos. The two events had more in common than their ability to stop traffic...