Word: braced
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...able to look back over her shoulder brings great satisfaction to Debra Tietz, 19, a beautician in Cottage Grove, Minn. For nearly seven years, she could not bend her neck or back: her torso was held rigid from the chin to the pelvis by a cumbersome steel and leather brace. Debra was the victim of scoliosis, or abnormal curvature of the spine. The brace, which she was finally able to discard last year, not only straightened her back but may well have saved her life...
...about 75% of all scoliosis victims, some form of corrective device -usually a Milwaukee-brace* is prescribed. The brace consists of a girdle that fits around the hips and three vertical bars that attach at the top to a neck ring and throat mold. Early models -made of leather and steel, and quite heavy-have given way to lightweight aluminum-and-plastic versions that are still neither attractive nor comfortable. But they do work, redirecting the growth of the spine to help it to grow straight. "Shoe lifts and exercises alone are not proper treatment for progressive scoliosis," says...
Lane is far from the worst offender. He has proven himself to be a painstaking and careful researcher, posing extremely provocative questions: Why did the FBI tell Harcourt, Brace, and World that it didn't want Rush to Judgment published?. Why did Victor Marchetti, former CIA agent and present investigator of the organization tell a journalist who had covered the Clay Shaw trial in New Orleans that the CIA was very interested in the case because Shaw was a high ranking CIA operative? (Shaw was a New Orleans businessman accused by city District Attorney Jim Garrison of conspiring to assassinate...
...EVENING COLONNADE by CYRIL CONNOLLY 469 pages. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich...
...pages. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich...