Dr. Cooper nodded and touched the shoulder with her pen.

Dr. Cooper sighed as if she were talking to a dense undergraduate.

Dr. Cooper and her assistant, nowhere in sight at the moment, had clearly been working hard.

Dr. Cooper, who will be 62 later this month, continues as chairman and chief executive.

Dr. Cooper, they said, has the sort of expertise that will be hard to replace.

He opened the door of the office and turned to Dr. Cooper.

"Dr. Cooper, can you tell us the cause of death?"

Dr. Cooper has even published exercise programs based entirely on stairs.

Dr. Cooper said that some people raised the question about whether a university should take on a tobacco company as a tenant.

"Dr. Cooper told me that you haven't been able to remember labor pains, or the birth of the baby."