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...estranged husband, Louis Arpels of Van Cleef & Arpels, traffics in tiaras, the new establishment stocks such exotica as 17th century quill pens with ballpoint nibs ($13.45) and square-toed velvet bedroom slippers for men ($24). Cooed Mme. Arpels, gesturing at the merchandise with a ring-finger diamond that would choke a Gabor: "I'm so amused with...
...heads up what may be called--to choke a little pun at something--a "fullbackfield." Behind Bassett is fullback Bill Grana, flanked by Chuck Reed and Taylor, who perform more like fullbacks than halfbacks. Grana, Taylor, and Reed--a converted fullback--are all powerful...
Goin' Up (Freddie Hubbard & Quintet; Blue Note). One of the most promising young (23) trumpeters attacks some showpieces-The Changing Scene, Blues for Brenda-in tones that can sigh contentment or choke with joy. A fine antidote to the sentimentally depressed rituals of the Miles Davis school...
...clock the number of pickets outside had dwindled to four, but the crowd of onlookers was beginning to choke Mt. Auburn St. Then the University police, who outnumbered the actual demonstrators more than two ton one, stepped in to disperse the throng...
...Seaman and others on the Columbia-Presbyterian team, pick patients with advanced cancer to treat with oxygen and radiation. According to a carefully devised procedure, such a patient gets an anesthetic injected into his veins, and a rubber hose is threaded down his windpipe so that he will not choke while asleep. His eardrums are pricked so that oxygen pressure will not perforate them. Monitoring devices, including a microphone that allows the anesthesiologist to listen to respiration, are attached to the body. The patient is put on a stretcher that is placed in the oxygen chamber...