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...coming," she whispered. She was in labor, and all the things we had talked about for 40 weeks and two days were happening all at once. Luckily, she had taken the time to make a birth plan, which forced us to discuss ahead of time such issues as pain management and what to do if her labor failed to progress. As we drove to the hospital a few hours later, that was our biggest concern...
...time her obstetrician performed an exam, she would shake her head and say nothing had really changed. My wife was worried that the doctors would start using the c-word (for caesarean section). She was tired and cranky, and worst of all for both of us, she was in pain...
...reminded me of how it felt to be blindly devoted to a boy band. I had the group's posters hung all over the walls of my room when I was little and played their tapes over and over again. I never understood what they were singing about (the pain of being unable to get the love of a girl or how much it hurt to lose her), and the boy band disappeared before I could figure it all out. But the days accompanied by their songs, which now seem totally cheesy to me, are just as fresh as yesterday...
...something of a culture hero. Bascombe has given up on that idea, although he retains some of the baggage: he has an abandoned novel titled Tangier, an ex-wife whom he calls X, and Vicki, a good ole girl from Texas who is a nurse and an effective pain killer. To earn a living, he covers ball games and interviews athletes for a weekly sports magazine. It is an honorable job and adequate compensation for his lost promise. Best of all, facts, deadlines and airline food suppress higher thoughts. Writing about victories and defeats, comers and has-beens teaches...
...very least, the article created consternation on our campus at a time when our immense pride in the team is recovering from the pain of defeat. William L. Green Vice President for University Relations Duke University Durham, N.C. Jackson's PUSH...