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...swear to God, this is taken verbatim from the pages of GQ. There are also a bunch of improbable photos: six fashion models in khaki landing a hot air balloon amidst a herd of giraffes; six fashion models waving from on top of a jeep. Breaking down into couples, the six alternately hug, slice meat, look tough, read maps through glasses of Chablis, practice foreplay, wade in rivers, listen to New Wave on a tape recorder, and become good friends with the Masai tribesmen, who obviously know a smart buy when they see one. As the caption reads: "The magnificent...
...FREE FALL in Crimson the figure of evil is taken on by an outlaw biker Passionate women, Hollywood frauds, greedy do wells, a weird director making a disaster movie, about a hot air balloon meet, the queen of the TV game show circuit, and a selection of wealthy sophiticates--all make appearances. Each plays a role in what is certainly a formula; but the formula is rendered with such simplicity and compassiong and strong prose that Free Fall In Crimson is wholly irresistible...
...Balloon Angioplasty. Treatment, like testing, has improved apace. This method has been used on some patients to unclog coronary arteries laden with cholesterol plaque. A catheter is inserted into an artery in the arm or leg and guided to the blocked artery. Then a smaller tube with a tiny, uninflated balloon at its tip is threaded through the larger tube and centered in the plaque-narrowed area. The balloon is inflated for several seconds, flattening the plaque against the artery walls and opening the passage. Dr. Andreas Grvintzig at Emory University, who developed the experimental technique, says it unblocks arteries...
...hospital in time. In the first two to three hours, 50% of the heart muscle that's destined to die will die, then the amount of tissue jeopardized tapers off." Because blood clots tend to form where plaque clogs the artery, researchers are considering following streptokinase therapy with balloon angioplasty. The aim is to prevent extensive-tissue damage and a second attack...
DIED. Jeannette Piccard, 86, pioneering balloonist who, along with her late husband Swiss Scientist Jean Piccard, became the first woman to probe the stratosphere in a balloon flight over Lake Erie in 1934, and who 40 years later became one of the first American women to be ordained an Episcopal priest; of cancer; in Minneapolis...