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Last week, for the first time in their brief lives, Patrick and Benjamin Binder of Ulm, West Germany, lay in separate cribs. Benjamin rested next to his stuffed dog, Patrick with his teddy bear nearby. They had been parted during an operation of staggering complexity and delicacy -- five months in the planning, 22 hours in the execution, and involving 70 doctors, nurses and technicians. The procedure required draining all the blood from the boys' bodies and completely stopping their heartbeat. At week's end both were in critical but stable condition. Until the babies are roused from drug-induced comas...
...Binder twins represent a rare natural anomaly. Siamese twins, who usually die at or before birth, occur in only one out of 100,000 deliveries, the result of an incomplete division of the fertilized egg in forming identical twins. Only one out of every 2 million births produces twins who are joined at the head. Because of the way the Binder babies were attached, their prospects were especially bleak. Without surgical intervention, says Rogers, who is chief of pediatric intensive care, "they would have had to remain bedridden for as long as they lived...
...canal through which blood flows toward the heart. Past efforts to separate similarly joined twins had resulted in either death or brain damage. Indeed, one such attempt by doctors in Chicago in 1981 ended tragically with both children bleeding to death on the operating table. Theresia, 20, and Josef Binder, 36, searched in their own country and the U.S. for a medical team that could offer their sons a better prospect...
...John Stears, the effects wizard of Star Wars, supervised the visual tricks on six early Bonds. He was one of many craftsmen who kept returning to the series: Screenwriter Richard Maibaum (twelve of the 15 films), Composer John Barry (twelve), Production Designer Ken Adam (seven), Main Credits Designer Maurice Binder (13). Bond's office colleagues -- M, Q and Moneypenny -- have appeared in every episode. John Glen, who has helmed the past four films, is just the fifth director in the series. The Bond team hit its early peak with Goldfinger in 1964 and followed up with some snazzy films (Thunderball...
...interrogation of Oliver North was barely under way when Arthur Liman, chief counsel for the Senate committee, zeroed in on the black ring binder on the table in front of North. During lengthy questioning from the other lawyers, the Marine colonel had frequently consulted the book before giving his answers...