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Today only about 2% of hospitals have this system in place. If the one you enter doesn't, request a list of every drug prescribed and find out what each one looks like. Don't be afraid to ask about an unfamiliar pill before swallowing...
...strange byproduct of this kind of death is learning how much you didn?t know about your friend. Phyllis occasionally referred in passing to her first husband, the actor Alexander Kirkland. His name and work were unfamiliar to me; but a glance at his career on IMDb and IBDb (Internet Broadway Database) opens a host of other connections in Phyllis? life, and raises a dozen questions that, alas, she can?t answer...
...most Americans associate the country with retsina, a traditional, pine-resin-flavored wine. Now U.S. consumers are embracing a wider range of oinos. Sales of Greek brands were up 18% last year--and those going for the Olympics may hasten the trend. The wines are made from indigenous grapes unfamiliar to most Americans. Some to try: Moschofilero yields aromatic whites like Boutari's Moschofilero. Agiorgitiko is the grape in the herbaceous 14-18h Rose (the name refers to the number of hours the fresh grape juice remains in contact with the skins in fermentation). And the Xinomavro grape makes...
...Crimson’s Arts chair last year. Having gone through three years of college without really learning anything truly new—despite all the (unfinished) reading we do, college seems to be more an expansion of things you learn in high school than an exploration of really unfamiliar areas—the prospect of trying something in which I have neither natural disposition nor past training was exciting and nervewracking...
...route to Palma de Majorca, Spain, for the World Intercollegiate Championships on July 3, at which she finished 21st—missed a connecting flight to the island from the mainland despite arriving at the terminal with time to spare, thanks to her airline’s unfamiliar ticketing and boarding procedure. Waiting at the wrong counter until just after her scheduled flight finished boarding, the Crimson freestyle swimmer was left to jockey for a standby seat, which, after two failed attempts—and seven hours—wasn’t materializing...