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...even be put on hold on the telephone without being blasted by medical advertising. We're desensitized, immune to it - after all, how many "best doctors" can there be? But your brother-in-law kicking you up and down the court and then getting a good night's sleep afterward? That brings in patients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rotator Cuffs: the Next Big Thing | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...worth browsing the departmental classes. They are small, well-taught, and intellectually engaging—if you don’t mind a lot of reading and long discussions around a small table. And don’t worry—even if it puts you to sleep, “bathroom breaks” to pick up some coffee at the Greenhouse Cafe are just down the hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History and Science | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...latter.' And he said, 'Great, you're hired because I'm global.'" Soon Azria asked Lubov another question. "He asked me to marry him after a shopping trip to Rodeo to do market research," she says. "He pulled into my driveway, looked at me and said, 'Would you sleep with me?' I said no. Then he said, 'Would you marry me?' I said maybe. Obviously on Monday I went in to resign. But Max apologized. Then I went to his house and saw him sitting with his daughters on his lap, hugging them so gently, and I thought to myself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art Of The Deal: Bon Business | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

...they dumped it, which happens more often than you think. Last year Fox took The Onion's sketch movie, which has been in development for several years, out behind the studio barn and put it to sleep. They also dumped the $50 million film Stay, starring Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts, in a few theaters with almost no marketing. Ever wonder where all those old, bad movies suddenly come from when a guy like Ashton Kutcher becomes famous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Dude, Where's My Film? | 9/10/2006 | See Source »

...matched according to patient preference. Says Dr. Ronald Pearl, chairman of the department of anesthesia at Stanford: "It's not uncommon when we do a spinal anesthetic, say for knee surgery, to ask the patients whether they want to be awake or asleep for it." Those who choose sleep do so not because they want to avoid the pain--they won't be feeling it in either case--but because they just don't want to know they're under the knife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guess Who's Putting You Under | 9/6/2006 | See Source »

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