COMMENTARY: STRANGE SUMMERTIME TRAVELINGS

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Sunday, August 19, 2001

I strained to see the ER doctor. I could hear clearly what he was saying: "You broke your hip! It will require surgery." What a firm, crisp economy of words! I fluttered around in my brain for a like word-thrift reply as I felt he was awaiting one.

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