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...that a surgeon's legendary ego needs growth - it's usually huge enough already. Sometimes that's a good thing: Much as Johnny's star confidence elevated the mood of the office, the surgeon's big ego can often buoy up a sick patient, maybe even firing up a parallel kind of confidence in the patients, which really makes them heal better. Oft-disgusted by the surgical ego, though, I was feeling wary of it and a little embarrassed of myself...
Written and performed by Sara Faith Alterman and David Mogolov, two active participants in the local Boston theater and improv scene, the play was a mix of intensely personal dramatic monologue and hilarious physical comedy. The show stayed true to its name; like a diptych—two parallel wooden panels connected by a hinge—the main characters’ stories were separate and dissimilar, yet convened on a singular theme of anger that emerged throughout the play. The complexity of that theme lent uncommon depth to its characters, and made “Diptych?...
...free or at very low cost,” our experience inside the world of scholarly publishing suggests otherwise. Nothing that provides a service is free. Open access for scholarly publications will improve the academic exchange of ideas only if a sensible economic model evolves in parallel. Giving away something for free is always appealing, but advocates for unfettered open access should do their homework and learn again that you get what...
...have to push the opportunity,” regardless of your instrument. Merrill says that, even from a technical point of view, the single lens reflex (SLR) digital cameras allow you to “exercise a fair bit of creative control.” He also draws a parallel to another change in photographic technology that was met with initial doubt. “At first, color photography wasn’t seen as a valid artistic form because of the little control over color,” he says. “And now, the art world...
...sacred. During the Vietnam War, for example, in U.S. v. Seeger, the Court approved “conscientious objector status” for people who held a “sincere and meaningful” belief which “occupies a place in the life of its possessor parallel to that filled by the orthodox belief...