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Billig, 55, was chief of Bethesda's cardiothoracic surgery in 1983 and '84. He is charged with five counts of involuntary manslaughter resulting from technical foul-ups and poor judgment in the operating room. A five-page list detailing the charges specifies that Billig "wrongfully sewed" and tied blood vessels during bypass surgery, "improperly manipulated" heart tissue and, in one case, "tore" a woman's aorta and "improperly repaired" it. Also listed are 24 counts of dereliction of duty for performing unauthorized operations. If he is convicted on all counts, the surgeon, who was commissioned in December 1982, faces dismissal...
...vision in his right eye, the result of a 1978 tennis accident. Because of the damage, which is only partially correctable, the prosecution contends that Billig cannot accurately judge depth and distances. A number of his former colleagues have stated under oath that he is unable to see small blood vessels in tissues and has difficulty clamping arteries and veins. Army Colonel Russ Zajtchuk, who had worked with Billig in the operating room, described his technique as that of "a first-year resident...
...Broadway, is faring better this season but hardly thriving. The theater year started more than nine months ago, with the cutoff for last spring's Tony Awards. It has produced only two new American plays that are still running. Add two London imports and three revivals--one of which, Blood Knot, closes this week--and there you have it: the total of non- musical survivors on the Great Gray Way. Why, then, does New York City seem abuzz with theatrical vitality? In large part because Off Broadway is providing a satisfying mix of star turns, ensemble work, deft new writing...
Harvard's Fern Ward, playing in the number nine position, recorded the only other Crimson victory, sweeping Kathy Blood in three straight matches...
...hosts scored first in both games last weekend on their ways to victory, leaving the Crimson 1-15 in games in which its opponents have drawn first blood. Harvard is 5-3 when it scores the opening bucket...