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Franklin bifocals Friday, December 30, 2005


Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book
[1865 - Rudyard Kipling, Nobel Laureate in Literature, born in Bombay, India]

USS George Washington (SSBN-598)
[1959 - Commissioning of first ballistic missile submarine, USS George Washington]

Minor Surgery

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"Minor Surgery" is a term used by doctors to describe a subset of procedures that are less technically demanding or challenging for the surgeon who performs them. This term is the logical equivalent of a lawyer talking about a personal injury client as the "legs off" case.

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William's Whimsical Words:

Minor surgery is performed by someone you don't know on someone you have never heard of.

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