The representatives of 28 nations got a surprise when they gathered in Charleston, West Virginia, for an international medical conference on aging in 2000. "We didn’t meet their expectations," grins ....
THE FIRST ORDINANCE CORPUS CHRISTI founders passed after adopting the city’s charter in 1876 was to make it against the law to let hogs and goats run loose. From the beginning, Corpus Christi residents kn....
Ask any resident of Nashua how far it is to the Massachusetts border. "We’re ON it," comes the quick reply. Not only that. They’ll quickly add that the Pheasant Lane Mall - the biggest in New Hamp....
SHANE RHYNE STILL REMEMBERS A certain Wall Street Journal story about his town in 1980. Promoters in Knoxville were drumming up exhibitors for the World’s Fair to be held two years later. More than $45 mi....
AMONG THE ANTIQUE ROSES TWINING around the 500-foot Old Brick Wall, the serene Butterfly Pond and Garden, and the graves of more than 2,200 Confederate soldiers at Old City Cemetery sits what is perhaps Lynchbu....
Before he made the move from south Massachusetts to Fargo, North Dakota, cardiologist Andrew Merliss, MD, was receiving letters and phone calls from Fargo folks, welcoming him to North Dakota’s largest ci....
Say the word “Chicago,” and Pizza, hot dogs, the Chicago Cubs, architecture, Michigan Avenue, theater, and political machines come to mind. Defining Chicago is no simple matter. It is a large and di....
“Water, water everywhere," lamented the poetic Ancient Mariner. He was marooned in a salty ocean without "any drop to drink." Otherwise he could have been describing the geography....
As physician recruiters at hospitals and health systems throughout the Midwest, we’ve heard all kinds of misconceptions about our part of the country: It’s all rural, except for Chicago. Every locat....
New Orleans, January 7, 2015 - What are the best practices for writing a physician CV? How should physicians request references? When are interviews scheduled, how can physicians best prepare, and how sh....
