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...handiwork: "Suddenly the row of shingles he'd put on the roof would be crooked, and he couldn't saw a straight line." And for Chicago Office Clerk Eleanor Marzillo, it began with her husband's difficulty in shaving; first his trim mustache got bushier and bushier, then one day he shaved half of it off. At the same time, Marzillo recalls, rags were mysteriously collecting in the family car. "I couldn't figure out what Tony was doing with these rags," she says. "It turned out he knew how to start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Slow, Steady and Heartbreaking | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

...players are faster, stronger and bushier than ever-New York is a notable exception now that George Steinbrenner has decreed short hair in order to instill "Yankee pride" in his players-but they still fit into the diamond in such a way as to generate the same slow magnetism of yore. Football fans pay up to $18 a seat for thrills, chills, shocks and jolts. Baseball fans welcome thrills, too; last year's rousing World Series remains a vivid memory. But for their money they just ask for flavor. It won't be easy for the sport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A NEW LOOK FOR THE OLD BALL GAME | 4/26/1976 | See Source »

...Thirty-odd years ago tonsils were often clipped instead of cut out, which made them tougher and sometimes bushier, like pollarded poplars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Better Leave Them In | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

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