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...into the black vinyl foam pad that covered the gurney, in the process asphyxiating him. The other two were taking turns yanking his arms up behind his back and punching his kidneys. The fourth officer was ramming the tip of his nightstick into the base of the patient's spine. Two on one is unfair, three is brutal, four-even for a good cause-just turns your stomach. I had to argue with them to let me roll him over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Diagnosis Is Cynicism | 7/5/2006 | See Source »

...this would be one of the most indelible experiences of my life. As usual, he was right. I started the half-day process sitting across a table from two examiners, both senior neurosurgeons. Laid out on the tabletop between us were models of a skull, a head and a spine, as well as several laptop computers filled with brain-scan images. After a quick handshake, the fun began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: How I Passed My Boards | 6/25/2006 | See Source »

...Pedro Miguel Locks Miraflores Locks Miraflores Lake Pacific Ocean CANAL ZONE Gatun Lake loses 26 million gal. of water each time a large ship passes through the locks ?Colon ?Gatun Locks ?Gatun Dam ?Gatun Lake ?Railroad The Panama Railroad, opened in 1855, was the spine along which men, equipment and dirt moved during construction ?Pedro Miguel Locks ?Miraflores Locks ?Panama City

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Shrink The World | 6/25/2006 | See Source »

...where al Qaeda leaders met secretly with a senior Pakistani weapons experts to discuss making al-Qaeda the first nuclear-armed terrorists in history. That's the witch's brew of what the experts call NBC - nuclear, biological and chemical - weapons. It's the terrorists' trifecta and the scary spine of Ron Suskind's new book, The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11 (being released Tuesday by Simon and Schuster). The clear implication: It seems the Bush administration truncated its post-9/11 war against the Taliban and al-Qaeda - which were avidly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Misdirected War on Terror? | 6/20/2006 | See Source »

...these - like acupuncture - were developed in[an error occurred while processing this directive] China thousands of years ago. Others - such as homeopathy, in which small doses of natural substances that cause symptoms are used to alleviate them, or chiropractic and osteopathy, systems of healing based on manipulation of the spine or bones - originated in the West. In France, they are positively le dernier cri. An estimated 75% of the French use acupuncture, homeopathy or osteopathy at some time in their lives, according to the World Health Organization (who). Germany has a long tradition of complementary therapies and has drawn folks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not so Complementary | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

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