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...nothing I could think of made any difference," Berwick said in a speech to colleagues. "It nearly drove me mad." One medication was discontinued by a physician's order on the first day of admission and yet was brought by a nurse every single evening for 14 days straight. "No day passed--not one--without a medication error," Berwick remembers. "Most weren't serious, but they scared us." Drugs that failed to help during one hospital admission were presented as a fresh, hopeful idea the next time. If that could happen to a doctor's wife in a top hospital...
...over to the guys to open up the margin, to never sit,” second varsity coxswain Amanda Caplan said. “They’re really good at doing that, and these guys are just out here to pull hard.”For the third straight weekend, the Harvard second varsity raced the second 1000 meters alone. The Crimson plowed through the finish line in 6:19.9. Navy finished almost four boat lengths back in 6:39.8, yet another victim of Harvard’s fast starts and punishing base cadence.“We didn?...
...Crimson heavyweights have won three straight IRA national titles in Camden and five straight Harvard-Yale dual races. One of those annual appearances would likely cease if the NCAA adopted men’s rowing. For the lightweights, the NCAA label might leave them to the IRA format or dissolve them all together, since the women’s NCAA regatta allows just three heavyweight boats to compete...
...prosecution's attempt to chip away at the credibility of the two men worked fairly well during Skilling's four-day cross-examination. Skilling was at times testy and had difficulty giving straight answers to questions as simple as his responsibility to shareholders. While he had the jury chuckling along with him at times this week, his haughty lectures on VARs and CDRs (Google them) might not have gone over so well. Lay, a preacher's son from Missouri who went from economics professor to pipeline wizard and mega-millionaire, may be a tougher target. Rotating calmly in his swivel...
...American Pie.” He has also written and directed “About a Boy” (2002) and “In Good Company” (2004). “American Dreamz” is another comedy that focuses its plotline on American pop culture straight from the headlines. The United States President (Quaid)—a dense Texan who reads the newspaper for the first time after his re-election—is startled to discover the terrors of the world. After holing himself in his room for several weeks, his chief-of-staff...