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“Medicine is a world where we have a 97 percent likelihood of succeeding in avoiding complications,” Gawande says in a phone interview with The Crimson. “Most people would look at that and think that’s pretty good, but there...
Are you ready for a little brainteaser?What do a hockey stick and a golf club have in common? To add to the fun, here’s a bonus question; what do a basketball court and a lacrosse field have in common? If you answered that they all involve...
A few years ago, Home Depot started to think about its own improvement. Facing slow growth and fierce competition, the largest retailer of home-improvement products needed to reverse its potential fate in the tough business climate. Enter Peter Arnell, the advertising guru and product designer who has developed an...
Nor is the museum keeping such sentiments under wraps: Yushukan is one of the few museums in Japan that translates its impressive Japanese-language exhibits into English. Sample one of the opening epigrams, by the 8th century poet Otomo no Yakamochi: "We shall die in the sea / we shall die...
That's view is shared by Emile Gorayeb, whose family owns half the town's restaurants, hotels, casinos and nightclubs. Born in Madagascar, Gorayeb was once a petrolier himself, at a refinery in France. But what brought him to Port Gentil was not oil. Instead, at the edge of town...