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...equivalent of Hitler coming back to life and coming to Boston," said Nick Giannone of Quincy, Massachusetts. "This guy's a straight-up fascist. I also find it pretty appalling that someone would pay $2,500 to sit in a room with a war criminal...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cheney Visits Harvard Club Through Back Door | 9/9/2006 | See Source »

...What a contrast to my next patient. Sean is half Bob's age. He weighs less, isn't as active, and has nice straight legs. Barely a trace of arthritis on X-ray and nothing except "minimal arthritic changes" on his MRI. He has taken Advil, Naprosyn, Voltaren, Celebrex with minimal help. Injections into his knees of hyaluronic acid (a component of joint fluid) and corticosteroids provided only a few weeks of relief. Physical therapy, braces, acupuncture, yoga all failed. He couldn't get out of chairs, couldn't climb stairs because of the pain. There was one thing left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mystery of Pain | 9/8/2006 | See Source »

...Casta?o was a swift, violent man, built like a scrappy welterweight fighter, and you'd be a fool to take him straight on. I met him once, in 2000, and it was the strangest assignment I've ever done. Not dangerous, as I had expected, but strange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meeting the Most Dangerous Man in Colombia | 9/8/2006 | See Source »

...great feats of opinion writing she will channel the dead man and berate him for the words she puts in his mouth. "You can just imagine Irwin yelling: 'Just look at those beauties! Crikey! With those barbs a stingray can kill a horse!'" Greer bravely sets her imaginary Irwin straight: "Yes Steve, but a stingray doesn't want to kill a horse. It eats crustaceans, for God's sake." I had previously assumed British editors consult Greer because they mistake her tedious prejudices for some special insight into Australia, including, it now appears, its marine life. As they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Defense of the Crocodile Hunter | 9/7/2006 | See Source »

...great feats of opinion writing she will channel the dead man and berate him for the words she puts in his mouth. "You can just imagine Irwin yelling: 'Just look at those beauties! Crikey! With those barbs a stingray can kill a horse!'" Greer bravely sets her imaginary Irwin straight: "Yes Steve, but a stingray doesn't want to kill a horse. It eats crustaceans, for God's sake." I had previously assumed British editors consult Greer because they mistake her tedious prejudices for some special insight into Australia, including, it now appears, its marine life; but second sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Defense of the Crocodile Hunter | 9/7/2006 | See Source »

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