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...which increases the chance that antibiotic-resistant strains of staph and other bacteria will make the rounds of the intensive-care unit. As a rule, doctors decide where to go based on how sick they are. For fairly routine care--a hip replacement, a hernia operation--they will often opt for the convenience and comfort of a community hospital. But if there is any mystery about the symptoms, the rule is Get Thee to a Teaching Hospital. The meals will probably be worse, the beds may not get made on time, a spirit of competent chaos may abide...
MILAN Italians opt for Dolce & Gabbana's light metal model ($265) with detail hinting at hoop earrings...
...intrusive. Not everyone wants to be talked to by a billboard. "If somebody starts pinging phones, there's going to be consumer backlash," says Tom Burgess, ceo of Third Screen Media, a mobile-marketing and software consultant. For that reason, the newest high-tech outdoor campaigns invite consumers to opt in, say, by sending a text message. For example, insurance-company Nationwide is encouraging visitors to send in snapshots via a company website. Each afternoon it posts selected photos on the 23-story Reuters billboard in New York City's Times Square. Up the street, Walt Disney World advertises...
...said. The legislation will be placed on the docket for a vote at either the April 18 or May 2 full Faculty meeting, he said. Council members also passed a motion pushing for all courses of five or more students to be evaluated using CUE forms. Currently, professors may opt out of CUE evaluations. “By and large we’d like to see all courses evaluated,” Mendelsohn said. “Teaching fellows deserve that kind of comment on their work.” Director of the Office of International Programs Jane Edwards...
...from his deservedly thankless stint on “Boston Legal,” hilariously empowers Kazar, a diabolical carnivorous wildebeest-choreographer, in a nearly show-stopping display of dramatic versatility. But the show remains Sutherland’s in the end, as Kazar appears too infrequently to co-opt the film...