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...possibility of infection, which occurs in 2% or 3% of those who undergo the operation. To relieve the President's postoperative pain, which is expected after such surgery, doctors used a special technique called intrathecal injection of morphine. They delivered the opiate through a needle inserted in the sheath of Reagan's spinal cord, where it blocks nerve pathways through which pain signals are relayed to the brain. Even with the array of medical paraphernalia leading in and out of his body, Reagan should be able to carry out most of his important presidential duties. Said Dr. Oller...
...room and wrote a poem for his friend Thomas Moore: “So we’ll go no more a-roving/ So late into the night,/ Though the heart be still as loving,/ And the moon be still as bright.// For the sword outwears its sheath,/ And the soul wears out the breast,/ And the heart must pause to breathe,/ And Love itself have rest.” (Or, as glossed by a roommate, “Oh my God, I’m never drinking again.”) If you substitute “thesis-writing?...
...thesis are pretty clear. You may not feel ready to part from it—the night was made for loving!—but it is time to move on. We’ll finish our theses; we’ll graduate. For the sword outwears its sheath, and the soul wears out the breast. It is a lesson I will be absorbing, with difficulty, between now and June. In the meantime, though, I’d be glad to tell you about the time that Byron swam the Hellespont...
Quickly the Chloe minions ripped off the plastic sheath from the runway and the gentle, classic beats began. Strutting effortlessly onto the runway, the Philo blondes wore flowing washed silk skirts and effortlessly sexy black ankle strap shoes. Many of this season’s collections were jarring and outrageous-—like that of Alexander McQueen or Viktor & Rolf, whose most recent line was replete with pyrotechnics. Phoebe Philo had no charades. She filled Paris’s most beautiful gardens with nothing but class...
...Leatherman 830040 New Wave Multi-Tool with nylon sheath, $70, packs pliers, wire cutters, bit drivers, a saw, a serrated knife and more into one compact unit. At amazon.com