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Another Miracle From Bill Frist

The doctor who proved himself a master of distant diagosis has one more trick up his sleeve.

Calvin Trillin

October 27, 2005

(Wherein the doctor who proved himself a master of distant diagnosis in the Terri Schiavo case offers a succinct explanation of why he ordered his “totally blind” trust to dump his holdings in the family healthcare company just before the stock dropped.)

I followed rules on conflict with such care That I sold stock I didn’t know was there.

(Whereupon his blind trust is examined by some law professors with ophthalmological training.)

This patient’s sight shows some improvement, Detecting shapes of market movement.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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