August is the Month Before Christmas
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It being reckoned that Jesus was actually born in September.
A Bird in the Solitude Singing
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From the wreck of my past, which hath perish'd, Thus much I at least may recall, It hath taught me that which I most cherish'd Deserved to be dearest of all: In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree, And a bird in the solitude singing, Which speaks to my spirit of thee. Lord Byron
But Who Shall Beat the Drums?
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""There is a march of science; but who shall beat the drums for its retreat?"" (Charles Lamb)
Autumn Without Red Leaves
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""The summer is over...""
You Fish or You Cut Bait
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The proverb put to the test.
For Jimmy, the Best of Everything
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The power of personality.
Woods Full of Question Marks
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The punctuated forest. Autism and deafness in children.
A Thousand Words are Mute
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A picture is most eloquent.
Money, a Horse, and a Knowledge of Latin
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The classical Rx, yet Dr. Swanson fails to inspire respect.
A Disease of the Heart Called Love
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L'amour et la mort.
Kill the Dream, but Spare the Dreamer
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The Freudian prescription.
Courage at 3 A.M.
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""As to moral courage, he [Napoleon] had very rarely found it, he said, that of two hours past midnight; which is to say, courage unawares.""
This Wild, Wild, Wild Waltzing World
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The whirligig of 3/4 time.
A Boy is Standing Outside the Door
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The threshold of knowledge.
Where Does the Boomerang Go?
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The parabolic return. A scientist from Australia on his last legs.
Pas de Deux
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A romantic ballet.
Every Other Minute, It's the End of the World
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Working in the hospital milieu.
A Rambling Discourse on Egyptian Water Clocks
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Cleopatra and the clepsydra.
When I am Grown to Man's Estate
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Looking Forward When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great, And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys. Robert Louis Stevenson
A Man, a Maid, and a Marionette
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Various strings and attachments.
A Dipperful of Water from a Poisoned Well
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Shadow and substance.
A Little Fun to Match the Sorrow
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Dr. Green practices the best medicine, but Dr. Zorba and Dr. Casey are rather saturnine on his manner.
Minus That Rusty Old Hacksaw
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Modern medicine.
Eulogy in Four Flats
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The key of mourning.
Three Li'l Lambs
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""To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure."" (George Herbert)
A Slave is On the Throne
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Gen. 41:41
Journeys End in Lovers Meeting
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Euthanasia. ""Journeys end in lovers' meeting, Every wise man's son doth know.""—Twelfth Night
The Day They Stole County General
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A change of management.
Did Your Mother Come From Ireland, Ben Casey?
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A son of the auld sod.
From Sutter's Crick...and Beyond Farewell
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A memorable rapprochement.
A Horse Named Stravinsky
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A mount with a legendary moniker.