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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...virtually the same rate, to $35,000. Dr. Darrell (Skip) Campbell, a transplant surgeon and the chief of staff, says the new openness has the added advantage of allowing doctors to explore what happened. "The natural reaction when something goes awry," he says, "is to sweep it under the rug. [But then] you don't find out what the problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Doctors Say, "We're Sorry" | 8/8/2005 | See Source »

...highlight of the pre-show fashion show may have come courtesy of the Florida-based TV crew stationed next to me along the perimeter of the ruby rug. They nabbed a small but well-built black gentleman—with what I can only describe as a retainer in his mouth made of little diamond studs—incredibly familiar-looking and clearly an athlete, for a two-minute interview...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IN LEHMAN'S TERMS: Style Over Substance | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

...will kill her (Welch's mother died when he was eleven): "He was overcome with the beauty and sadness of his own singing ... He wasn't going to help her. He was going to cry." In The Trout Stream, a child confronts a man in a wheelchair: "The plaid rug across his knees made me wonder fearfully what the legs could be like underneath. Were they all withered away? Were they like drumsticks when the chicken has been eaten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Rare Being, a Born Writer: DENTON WELCH | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Your story implied that when a woman has a midlife crisis, she can rewrite the rules. But when she decides to pull the rug out from under those who have built their lives on a promise before God, all commitment and loyalty become meaningless. The trendy solutions to a midlife crisis leave devastation and sadness in their wake. It is possible to take a new direction without selfishly destroying one's family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 6, 2005 | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

...sweeping this out under the rug,” he said, adding that the administration will work with students on more rallies if they are interested...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin and Victoria Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Assault Prompts Rally Against Hate | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

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