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...While Crotonville "students" and industry watchers rave about Welch today, he has not always been regarded with such warmth...
Despite the rave reviews, robot-assisted surgery is still in its infancy. While the da Vinci does offer realistic "force feedback," similar to a high-end joystick, it isn't developed to the point where surgeons truly get their valuable sense of "feel." Developing teletaction - long-distance feel - has proven to be a slow process, with current prototypes years away from functioning at a useful level. But surgeons are intrigued by the ability of da Vinci and its closest competitor, Computer Motion's Zeus, to spread knowledge. An expert surgeon could be sitting in his office, watching over the shoulder...
...couple years ago, the network with the oldest audience in network TV said were bogus and unfair. Back then, at the home of Dick Van Dyke, the 18-49 demographic was an ageist advertisers' shibboleth; today, the network of Colby and Elisabeth wants to turn into a regular rave party...
...career, at least, is being rebuilt on a solid foundation. This week Culkin, now 20, will open off-Broadway in Madame Melville, a Richard Nelson play that drew rave reviews in London, in which he plays a 15-year-old student who is seduced by his French teacher (Joely Richardson). His performance, at least in previews, struck this viewer as a bit tentative and mannered. But offstage, Culkin--who talks politely and openly, in between puffs from a pack of Parliaments--appears to have his feet somewhere in the vicinity of the ground...
...dark in there. There are the strobe lights in your eyes. Ugh," says N.O.P.D. captain Steve Nicholas. "It's just not an easy thing to find these people." But Templeton found them. For six months beginning in February 2000, he went undercover to at least eight State Palace raves. He and a fellow agent were able to buy 45 hits of ecstasy and five other illegal pills. They also learned from local ambulance companies that from December 1997 to August 2000, more than 70 overdose victims were hauled from the State Palace to the emergency room--an average of about...