Great Regulars: The music wasn't turned up high,

but it rocked sufficiently that the anesthesiologist bobbed his head, the O.R. nurse tapped her toe, and the member of the team in charge of all the clamps and retractors drummed his fingers on the instrument tray. "It all depends on who's in the room," Dr. [Atul] Gawande said of his selections. "You can't play anything hard-hitting if there's anyone over 45."

from Charles McGrath: The New York Times: Atul Gawande Rocks in the O.R.

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Whether or not buyers believe the picture is of [Jane] Austen will make a big difference to the sale, of course, and so Christie’s is auctioning the painting in its New York salesroom, presumably on the theory that Americans are less apt to get bogged down in historical nitpicking and may not care that the National Portrait Gallery has turned down the Rice Portrait on five different occasions.

from Charles McGrath: The New York Times: Pretty Words, Jane; Would That You Were Too

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