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One of my personal concerns is the tendency, particularly in Germany, to focus too much in films on the perpetrators, not the victims, like in Downfall or the recent Wannsee Conference adaptation.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025 -
Several other fire victims are likely in the same situation.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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The beloved actor was reportedly undergoing outpatient treatment for lung cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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What to Expect Laser treatments are relatively quick, outpatient procedures that cause minimal pain; some people feel poking or burning sensations.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
23 Jan. 2025
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In contrast to conventional inpatient rehab, which typically addresses addiction as a disease and has staff trained in medicine and social services, therapeutic communities see addiction as a symptom of a person’s deeper pain and behavioral problems.—
Jan Hoffman,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Record said the death was ruled a suicide and that the man had walked away from an inpatient psychiatric facility a few days before the jump. 1994 Sometime in 1994 — The Bee could not verify a specific date —Albert Rodriguez, 58 and of San Jose, died.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacramento Bee,
16 Jan. 2025
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Historically, these clinical trials give patients the opportunity to have their lives extended for months or years.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Margarethe's patients had most likely never been to a female doctor.—
Marcy Thompson,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Convalescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convalescent. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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