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...permanent shadows cast by bombshine; thirsty, mortally burned people, emerging from the smoke and dust, trailing strips of their skin behind them. Some in Nagasaki had been afraid that their city would be attacked by the new weapon. Hideo Matsuno, then 27, a reporter with the government's propaganda arm, had read an Aug. 7 intelligence report about Hiroshima. "We knew about the atomic bomb," he says. Fat Man released the equivalent of 22,000 tons of TNT, almost twice the power set forth by Little Boy. Trees had been knocked over in Hiroshima; in Nagasaki they were snapped...
Dole's daily life has been one long stamina-demonstration project. He begins his schedule around 7:45 a.m., though aides admit he isn't a morning person. He dresses himself with a buttonhook -- painstaking exercise for a man without the use of one arm, struggling through the top button of his shirt and the knot on his tie by himself. He exercises regularly on the treadmill his wife Elizabeth bought him a few years ago and then spent months coaxing him to use. (Horrified at the recent photo ops, she vowed to buy him some decent jogging shorts...
Apart from his prostate cancer, Dole's most significant medical concerns stem from his World War II injuries. Shrapnel still lies buried in his right shoulder. His partially paralyzed right arm has atrophied from disuse, although he can maneuver it to grab and pull back on a rowing machine. Aggressive physical therapy after the war allowed him to rescue most of the use of his left arm. But during his three-year convalescence, he developed an infection that required his right kidney to be removed. Sonograms have shown that his left kidney has, as expected, got larger in order...
...Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali cleared the way for promptNATO airstrikesifSerbs, as expected, attack the "safe area" of Gorazde. Trying to shore up fast-eroding domestic support for the Bosnian arms embargo, President Clinton declared the U.N. move "the last chance" for the international peacekeeping mission in Bosnia: "You can't go about the world saying you're going to do something and then not do it." If the House follows the Senate with a veto-proof lifting of the ban, Clinton fears the ensuing warfare will trigger a massive U.N. withdrawal requiring escort by 25,000 U.S. troops. TIME...
Prices fall in the mid-to-expensive range with hair cuts starting at $30 for men and $35 for women. Perms cost around $85. A natural-nail manicure starts at $15. For $10 more, the customer receives a hand treatment that includes a wrist and arm massage, skin exfoliation and skin conditioning. The salon is also looking into using hot oil and parafin treatments...