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Almost six hours after it began, the daily ritual of morning rounds finally comes to an end. Since 7:30 a.m., eight new young doctors have been pelted with a steady stream of questions from Magnus Ohman, the senior cardiologist, who is leading the group this morning: Which famous painter suffered from digoxin poisoning? (Van Gogh.) How does a chest X ray look when a breast implant leaks? (Trick question: it looks the same.) Which episode of ER fits the patient in 7206? The dazed residents protest that they have no time for television. "You've got to watch...
...students in line yesterday are any indication, the popularity of the "Fly-By" lunch option is more than just a passing fad. At2:10 p.m., five minutes before closing time, there was still a steady stream of hungry undergraduates. As DeRosa reached to return an ID card, the owner paused to ask, "Hey, are you guys open for dinner...
...their secluded getaway on Green Turtle Cay. Good question, thought her spouse. By 1988, Bertiger and two colleagues had drafted blueprints for a revolutionary new system that would blanket the heavens with communications satellites--77 in all--bounce a cellular call from one to another, then beam the data stream downward 420 miles to one of 12 earth stations where the call would enter the terrestrial telephone network. Motorola dubbed the system--and the company it spun off to build and operate it--Iridium, after the 77th element on the periodic table. (After trimming the number of satellites required...
...went to admit my mistake to Pat, literally trembling at the thought of telling him that we would be there for another hour or two," Krendl said. "I went in and confessed and stepped back, anticipating a loud stream of curses. But Pat surprised me. He laughed and said, 'Well, I know you didn't mean it, Anne, don't worry, many others have done the same thing. Just don't do it again...
...West, wrote some fine, broken-hearted songs (and some mediocre, jolly ones) and kept touring, though his audiences were getting older and sometimes smaller. When radio stations wouldn't play his new records, he figured his career was winding down and set about creating an alternative revenue stream. He and a friend opened a T-shirt shop in 1984 and expanded it into the first Margaritaville Cafe...