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...says NASA. Long ago, the agency noticed a parallel between the changes that happen to a body in space and those wrought by aging on Earth. What better way to study this phenomenon than to send an aged astronaut into orbit? And what better aged astronaut than the one who made the country's first trip...
...mail you send your doctor must be filed in your medical record. Since a lot of e-mail addresses consist of nicknames, be sure your message includes your real name and, if you know it, your patient identification number (or your child's or other family member's ID number, if appropriate). Keep your messages brief, and focus each e-mail on a single issue. If you want a prescription refill, be sure to include the pharmacy's name and telephone number...
...expect an instant response. Most doctors try to reply within 48 hours. If it's an emergency, use the phone. And think before you send. One reason why a lot of doctors have not installed e-mail on their office computers is that they fear being overwhelmed with messages. (Which they will be, unless they set ground rules, and their patients cooperate.) So if you're lucky enough to have direct access to your physician via computer, don't abuse the privilege--or we could all wind up playing telephone tag forever...
...time.com/personal for more on medical e-mail. Send a brief e-mail about this article to Christine at gorman@time.com
When they first achieved prominence back in the '80s, the Beasties styled themselves as hipper than hip-hop, cooler than punk and masters of both. The trio's over-the-top boasts seemed to send up each genre's excesses. But the Beasties' new CD comes across not as a send-up but as a limp imitation of more interesting performers. The album's buzzing, beeping, video-game-like sound is an exhausted ripoff of hip-hop folk star Beck. A few songs work, like the sci-fi rap number Intergalactic. But for the most part, listening to this album...