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Spinal Tap is not a med-school training film, not a slasher movie set in a clinic, not the latest permutation of break dancing. Spinal Tap is, in the words of one enthusiast, "the world's loudest and stupidest heavy-metal band." Formed in the early '60s by Londoners Nigel Tufnel and David St. Hubbins, the group has weathered two decades of inframusical turbulence by mirroring, and milking just about every dead-end trend in rock 'n' roll. After flirting with the transcendelic movement (Listen to the Flower People), Spinal Tap went heavy-metal, with...
...competition for high-caliber graduate programs or prestigious fellowships, any incident involving formal disciplinary bodies increases the possibility of rejection. Consider Harvard Medical School. According to one pre-med tutor, approximately four to six thousand applicants vie for 160 slots each year. Most administrators read 60 applications a night in the screening process, and even the most dedicated admissions officer is hard pressed to spend more than six to 10 minutes on an application. Notices of disciplinary action--even trivial incidents, are flags for rejections...
...Some repairs have to be made," said Mortimer Litt, the Med School's associate dean for educational programs, who is in charge of health and safety in the area...
...Med School researchers and members of the UAW Health and Safety Committee said yesterday the delivery of the letter marks a peak in two years of ongoing safety problems in the Medical Area...
Employees said the combination of chemical fumes and faulty ventilation in the Med School's building C gave workers headaches, stomach-aches, and nosebleeds...