Word: marathonical
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...good news is that Landrigan’s team found that the new rules were effective in decreasing residents’ marathon work weeks, even if the decrease wasn’t in absolute compliance with the ACGME’s work limits. But for compliance to further improve, hospitals—including Harvard’s throng of teaching hospitals—should continue to introduce institutional changes that make compliance easier for residents. The HMS report, for example, suggests not requiring residents to work up to the very last minute of their scheduled shift, a situation which often...
Except the weird thing is, Jennings is actually a very charming, insightful writer. Instead of obsessing about the Streak, he explores the wider subculture of trivia. He goes to Stevens Point, Wis., for its annual town-wide 54-hr. trivia marathon. He hits trivia night in a Boston bar and kibitzes at a college quiz-bowl championship. He exhumes such trivia titans of yesteryear as John Timbs, the author of the 1856 best seller Things Not Generally Known, and Ruth Horowitz, the rebus-solving legend who dominated 20 straight episodes of Concentration in 1966. And of course Jennings gives...
...ever plan to work in a chemistry lab in the future, or you’d just like to play around with chemicals ranging from curiously dangerous to don’t-you-dare-drop-that dangerous, button up your lab coat. The course mostly consists of a weekly marathon eight-hour lab. There, graduate student TFs patiently guide clumsy undergrads through the ins and outs of stirring, pouring, clamping, filtering, and cannulating (nothing too raunchy, don’t worry). Having Chem 135 tucked into your academic pocket protector is an indication to most professors that you can handle...
...attitude about being in business is like a marathon runner—if you’re leading the way, don’t look back,” Dicenso said...
Krogner says his conservative approach is the best way to preserve Esprit's strong profits while his management team figures out the U.S. retail scene. "People have lost their pants" in the U.S., he says. "You don't do a marathon if you have...