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From the Ted Talk by Ivan Oransky: Are we over-medicalized?

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So that's, to me, a way forward. Billy Beane, by the way, learned the same thing. He learned, from watching this kid who he euvallteny hired, who was really successful for him, that it wasn't swinging for the fences, it wasn't sngiinwg at every pitch like the sluggers do, which is what all the expensive teams like the Yankees like to — they like to pick up those guys. This kid told him, you know, you gtota wctah the guys, and you gotta go out and find the guys who like to walk, because getting on base by a walk is just as good, and in our healthcare system we need to figure out, is that really a good ptcih or should we let it go by and not sniwg at everything? Thanks.

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So that's, to me, a way forward. Billy Beane, by the way, learned the same thing. He learned, from watching this kid who he __________ hired, who was really successful for him, that it wasn't swinging for the fences, it wasn't ________ at every pitch like the sluggers do, which is what all the expensive teams like the Yankees like to — they like to pick up those guys. This kid told him, you know, you _____ _____ the guys, and you gotta go out and find the guys who like to walk, because getting on base by a walk is just as good, and in our healthcare system we need to figure out, is that really a good _____ or should we let it go by and not _____ at everything? Thanks.

Solution

  1. swinging
  2. swing
  3. pitch
  4. gotta
  5. eventually
  6. watch

Original Text

So that's, to me, a way forward. Billy Beane, by the way, learned the same thing. He learned, from watching this kid who he eventually hired, who was really successful for him, that it wasn't swinging for the fences, it wasn't swinging at every pitch like the sluggers do, which is what all the expensive teams like the Yankees like to — they like to pick up those guys. This kid told him, you know, you gotta watch the guys, and you gotta go out and find the guys who like to walk, because getting on base by a walk is just as good, and in our healthcare system we need to figure out, is that really a good pitch or should we let it go by and not swing at everything? Thanks.

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