Word: yorker
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...next three years--in addition to seeing patients and doing research, plus his gig as a staff writer for the New Yorker--Groopman began to intensively examine how doctors think and how they get sidetracked from the truth. He learned that about 80% of medical mistakes are the result of predictable mental traps, or cognitive errors, that bedevil all human beings. Only 20% are due to technical mishaps--mixed-up test results or hard-to-decipher handwriting--that typically loom larger in patients' minds and on television shows...
...works of painting, sculpture, and decorative art that represent a consistent use of geometric construction and bold colors. Heilmann’s work shows a remarkable stylistic consistency, though Heilmann is careful to discount the importance of chronology when discussing her work. For instance, the 67-year-old New Yorker still creates work that evokes the free spirit of art in the 1960’s—as evidenced in 2005’s “Surfing on Acid,” a painting dominated by red, green, and yellow oozing over a hot pink background that recalls...
...These transitions are initially confusing, but as the story continues, the reader learns to recognize each character’s voice and perspective and becomes absorbed in his or her world. The title of the collection comes from the first short story, which centers on Lucien, a widowed New Yorker, and Nathaniel, the nephew of his late wife, Charlie. Though the two live in the same city, they rarely see one another and their lives unfold separately. Eisenberg structures her story by letting each character reveal his inner monologue while linking them through memories of Charlie, which creates a poignant...
...Spencer B. Lazar ’07 says his reasons for taking the course “stem from a general skepticism about wine connoisseurs.” Years ago he read a New Yorker article questioning the ability of even the most trained connoisseurs to tell the difference between red and white wine under certain circumstances. “I had doubts of my own, and wanted to explore the contents of the article,” Lazar says...
...important too, of course, as many others have pointed out already, that we teach our students enough economics to read the business page, enough science to read the Science Times, and enough sense of irony to be able to get the jokes in the New Yorker. But when we do this we must be sure to keep it in the context of the overall purpose of a general education: to give students the tools for thinking seriously about what they should aspire to in attempting to live the best life possible for them. If we do this we will retain...