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Most cabbies don't venture down Parnell anymore. They say it's too deadly, a place where their chances of getting beaten or murdered for money outweigh the chances of driving away with a good tip. Somehow, though, the Blue Bunny ice-cream truck seems to enjoy safe passage. Every few hours, the old-fashioned white van graced with a goofy baby-blue rabbit comes rolling up playing Pop Goes the Weasel. But the trip is mostly in vain. Kids have long ago learned that a nickel in their pocket is hardly enough to purchase a Popsicle, let alone...
...study to be published in tomorrow's New England Journal of Medicine. Doctors have long worried that the pills could actually cause harm in people who have other conditions such as diabetes or asthma. But a new survey of 201,752 Medicare patients finds that the benefits far outweigh the hazards...
Even so, it may take months to find a suitable patient (18 to 65 years old) and donor. For the recipient the benefits must clearly outweigh the heavy risks; he or she must be willing to accept the likelihood of limited function and feeling in the new limb, a lifetime of medication, the ever present threat of infection and, finally, what San Francisco neurologist and hand therapist Dr. Frank R. Wilson calls the heavy psychological burden of being reminded daily that "an important part of your anatomy is not your own." It won't be an easy decision for patient...
...defend its ability to compete. But Stodghill says there's no end in sight. "It's already gone on longer than anyone predicted," he says, and notes that even Wall Street -- generally supportive anytime management gets tough with labor -- has started to worry that the strike's duration may outweigh any benefits derived from taking a hard line. GM stock dropped more than two points Monday after weekend talks blew up, and was creeping back Tuesday only because analysts had fully expected the earnings carnage. In a desperate ploy, GM has asked a federal court to order the UAW into...
...only is the plot of Dog Days a total cliche--it ends sappily ever after when Reilly, the yuppie boy, realizes love can somehow outweigh money--the characters are stereotyped to the point of offending. Throughout the novel, all the Italians living in Reilly's North End neighborhood are either connected with the Mafia or are vulgar and stupid thugs, while the Boston Irish are crude drunks (including Reilly's mother!). The women are beautiful yet emotionally damaged by problematic relationships with their fathers. Even Reilly's supposed best friend and roommate cannot escape the ethnic pigeonholing, as he hails...