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Most TV viewers tune in to medical dramas like E.R. and Chicago Hope for the drama, not the medicine. But it's hard not to pick up a little medical lore along the way. Take the final episode of E.R., for example, in which George Clooney, in his role as Dr. Doug Ross, faced censure for his unauthorized use of a procedure called ultrarapid opiate detoxification on a tiny patient--an infant born to a heroin-addicted mother. After a harrowing all-night vigil, during which the infant hovered near death, the detoxification was a success and the baby drug...
That still leaves other questions on the minds of E.R. fans. Has Doug's impulsive act jeopardized his career? Is he still on staff? Is he still the sexiest man alive? Tune in next September...
Over the years, more than a few promoters have thought, "Hey, here's a good-lookin' kid who can carry a tune; maybe he can be the next Frank Sinatra." More than a few were wrong. Singers could be very talented and still not be Sinatra. Here's how a few measured on Frank's Ring-A-Ding Rating...
...America, whoever pays the money can callthe tune," he said...
...taken her along with him on numerous official, and unofficial, trips abroad. It did not help matters that Dumas had also allowed his lady friend to wine and dine him--and buy him the now infamous hand-made boots--on an Elf credit card that she used to the tune of $40,000 a month...