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...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 on about sterilizing old wine bottles...
...punch-drunk performance in handling these recalls. By pointing out specifically where things broke down and then spelling out what he would do to fix it - testing every batch of toys before it leaves China, rather than relying on testing raw materials - the CEO reassured American consumers that he understood the problem and would back up his apology with action...
Indeed, a headline-free offseason has done wonders for Bagdis in his role as captain. It’s something that many of the seniors understood and took to heart, building an unusually strong level of team chemistry over the summer...
...moment, I think, but people. If there's a central character in my book, it's my mother. She was determined that there would be no limit on my aspirations. My father made sure that I understood that even if I brought home an A, somehow I was expected to do better next time...
...School spokesman Michael A. Armini said that while the school understood students’ concerns, the administration determined that changing the time of exams was the best course of action...