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...What Tim had, at least by his history, was a true classic - a common problem. His physical exam was also classic - tender at a certain spot on the inside of the calf, pain here when he tried to stand on tip toe. It's called "tennis leg" because it often happens on the tennis court; it feels like you just got hit with a ball. In the days before MRI we thought it was caused by rupture of an unimportant little muscle in the leg called the plantaris. Now we know it's actually a small tear of a part...
...possible they just didn't know. Small things we take for granted can be enormous problems in the absence of a little knowledge. Take cholera. My gastrointestinal colleagues tell me that although it will make you sick and miserable for a couple of weeks, cholera won't kill you if you simply drink enough water and salt to combat the dehydrating effects of its severe diarrhea. But millions have died from it just because they didn't know. Or how many horrible, slow deaths have there been from scurvy, which a bite of green pepper would have cured? How many...
...suspect that if Imus had been talking about a men's basketball team, he would not have been so colorful in his comments. Some men seem to have a problem with successful women, even though men still hold most positions of power. I have never understood what thrill there is in degrading another human being or why I should tolerate it. I learned just the opposite in Sunday school. Ellen Linderman, Carrington, North Dakota...
...advantages are more obvious, such as a closeness to the hoop in basketball and an heightened ability to spike in volleyball The overall intimidation factor does not hurt either.This “gift” does not come without slight drawbacks, however. Many athletes attribute knee and back problems to their size. Also, what is gained in strength is lost in speed.“[Height is] a disadvantage when you have to do things that require more quickness,” Snyder said. “It takes longer to start swimming quickly or to jump...
...techies.Ur has a theory about that shift: “We [techies] are so used to thinking of the arts in an infrastructural way, thinking about how to make stuff happen. I guess we make good administrators.”A computer science concentrator, Ur says that the problem-solving abilities he has gained from his studies and experience have enhanced the productions he’s worked on and made him a better president. “That gave me a real detail-oriented approach to theater,” he says. “You find a problem?...