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...heart problems; in Athens, Ga. The author of 25 books (and a contributor to 200), Kenner avoided the jargon of academia in favor of an often witty, idiosyncratic style. He described his 1971 book, The Pound Era, on the poet's contribution to the birth of modernism, as "an X-ray moving picture of how our epoch was extricated from the fin de siecle...
...quick fixes for many hospitals are perks and bonuses. Registered nurses and radiology technologists (the people who operate X-ray, C.T. and MRI scanning machines) are the most in demand, along with respiratory therapists, pharmacists and clinical-lab technicians. With average vacancy rates for those professions approaching 15%, hospitals in some cities offer signing bonuses of $5,000 to $7,000. But cash alone does little more than spark a bidding war. "You end up poaching from the facility five miles down the road," says Ceela McElveny, spokeswoman for the American Society of Radiologic Technologists...
...Star Trek convention. But the ass kicking starts early, when Morpheus and Trinity have a cool fight with the Merovingian's goons. Meanwhile, Neo is being dogged by a "human" whose voice sounds ... strangely ... familiar. Our hero's lids are seared shut, and through the hot coals of his X-ray eyes, he sees Smith, grimacing triumphantly. It's one of the epiphanies of the movie year...
Also, airplane passengers—especially those on transpolar flights—may experience radiation exposure equivalent to that of a chest x-ray...
...winner of multiple NEMO Boston Music Awards, rock band The Sheila Divine gives their final performances this weekend. Helicopter Helicopter, a highly successful local band, performs tracks from their new CD Wild Dogs with X-Ray Eyes, which was released in May. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $15. Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave., Boston...