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...view it that way. A retired Army captain who served in Vietnam and has published three books of poetry, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer last April. Eventually, his longtime internist agreed to write his Nembutal prescription, but only after Mason cleared all the law's hurdles: submitting oral and written requests in the presence of two witnesses, waiting a mandatory 15 days and getting the concurrence of a second doctor that he had less than six months to live. "This isn't suicide," Mason insists. "Suicide means a needless taking of life. When five doctors tell you nothing...
...piece of Mugam music from Azerbaijan with Alim Qasimov, an unbelievably great singer, and he says, "This is the way it goes. Now play!" Well, it wasn't written down, and every time we played it, it was different. So finally we just learned it the Azerbaijani way, by oral tradition. And we got something great...
...Abdul Razzaque Ahmed, an associate professor of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity at HSDM, specializes on dermatology and runs the Center for Blistering Diseases in Boston...
...criticism of the lack of a public speaking course that surfaced at the meeting is appropriate as well. The HCCR suggested the integration of an oral skills component into Expos. While this would certainly be an effective means of ensuring students learn necessary oratory skills, we do not believe all students should have to participate in such a program. By offering certain Expos classes that incorporate public speaking in conjunction with others that do not, students with pubic speaking experience will not be mandated to relearn these skills, and others will have the opportunity to gain or perfect them...
While we advocate the addition of some classes with an oral component, we would like to see theme-based classes continue to constitute the majority of the offerings. Themes help to keep students interested in the classes and add an intriguing aspect to otherwise lackluster material. However, there are not enough themes for students interested in the sciences. Out of 35 different course offerings this spring, only three (“Mapping the Mind,” “The Medical Imagination,” and “Science & Society”) seem to engage in scientific reading...