Word: master
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Important as research is, Berde does not let it keep him from taking care of patients. "One of the best things he does is care for kids who are dying," says Pauline Scopton, a nurse who has known Berde for 17 years. "He is a master of the chemistry, of mixing the drugs to keep them comfortable." For families who wish to keep a dying child at home, she has known him to spend hours on the telephone with pharmacists and home-care nurses to come up with the right pain medicines...
Chandra is a kind of Pygmalion: he can turn whatever piece of stone or gold he touches into a lifelike creation. Born into a family that had been master artisans for four generations, he quickly established himself as one of Jaipur's finest sculptors, and his talents were sought by temple priests and princes. "If all I saw was your nose, it would be enough for me to sculpt a likeness of your entire body," says Chandra, 75, whose folded hands are like a box of old wooden tools. "It's all to do with proportions. That...
Normoyle, who is a second-year in the Master of public policy (MPP) program, pledged during his campaign to work toward increasing the aggressiveness of the KSSG Career Services Office and improving computer services...
...credit cards but one--that nevertheless appealed to people whose lives seemed to move from one hassle to another. And since parenthood is the greatest hassle of all (as well as--obligatory disclaimer--delightful, magical, etc.), the method holds. Some of her tips are obvious: keep a master calendar showing your kids' appointments, stock your car with snacks and paper towels. Others are difficult but doable: "It's unrealistic to feel that you can get everything...for your child... Avoid the temptation to buy all those adorable things you think you'd like to have." Some are impossible: "Keep your...
...with old blues, freshly learned folk songs and rock-fueled new ideas he was on the verge of unleashing. Then the folk-rock mystery rebel of the '70s, releasing insurgent basement tapes, performing benefits for Rubin ("Hurricane") Carter (a convicted murderer whose guilt he questioned). And then the fading master of the '80s, toying with gospel-inspired backup singers, collaborating with playwrights like Sam Shepard, embracing a born-again evangelistic tone, losing some of his edge, his vibrant outsider insolence...