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...Britney’s enemies. Trust me, I’m rooting for the girl, too. I like the electropop tone of the song, and given her current condition (the image of Britney giggling maniacally as she’s being carried out of her house strapped to a stretcher will forever be burned in my head), a Spears-less video was probably the only choice her record company had. But compared to her previous videos, “Break the Ice” is disappointing, and the “to be continued?...

Author: By Victoria D. Sung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Britney Spears | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

...were available. Participants received a $25 wine guide in addition to plenty of wine while listening to the presentation. Instructor R. Michael Meagher ’02, sommelier for Back Bay restaurant L’Espalier, did his best to ensure that no student left the tasting on a stretcher. “If you swallow all 21 wines, it could be a very short evening,” he said. To establish the differences between regions, attendees first explored the Old World wines of France and other parts of Europe before soaking up knowledge of New World wines from...

Author: By D. PATRICK Knoth, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Pop the Cork at Wine Tasting | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

Well, here was one significant counterclaim lying on the stretcher today. Nick's shortened, turned-in leg announced the problem even before I saw his x-ray. His new old hip was dislocated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Replacement for Hip Replacements | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

Putting a dislocated hip back in place, or "reducing the hip" in our jargon, requires a sedated patient. It is unquestionably the most athletically challenging of all medical procedures. Two people hold the patient down, the orthopedist climbs up on the stretcher, bends the knee, picks up the thigh and then uses a combination of delicate manipulation and great brute force to pop the hip back. My back always hurts for a week after I do one. Spasms of the huge muscles around the patient's hip must be controlled with intravenous sedation - or else the entire procedure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Replacement for Hip Replacements | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

...climbed up on the stretcher and looked straight down at him. He was perfectly alert, maybe a little amused at the sight of this doctor standing over him on his bed. I told him I needed him to relax his muscles. And, then, a wonderful light came on in his eyes. He told me he understood this - maybe it was something a wounded Spartan hoplite might have done while being treated on the battlefield. Anyway, he got it. And, by Zeus, he relaxed. So I pulled, lifting Nick and an ER doc off the stretcher, and while Nick waxed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Replacement for Hip Replacements | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

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