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...Dreyer developed in a career that spanned nearly the whole development of film technique (1919-1964) yet produced only fourteen feature-length films. Until Dreyer was honored in 1952 with the Danish government's award to its important filmmakers--the lease of a Copenhagen cinema--he suffered from a chronic lack of financing. He was apparently never able to get sufficient funds for several projects that he dreamed of--such as a production in color. The films that he was able to direct range from rather crudely made silent films to technically sophisticated films like The Word. Some are abysmal...
Shevlin suffers from chronic kidney disease, an incurable type that necessitated the removal of the organ. Now, in order to prevent a fatal buildup of toxins in his blood, he must report to the university hospital three times a week for kidney dialysis, a six-hour cleansing process that enables him to survive until he can get a kidney transplant. Since his illness wiped out his small savings, Shevlin lives on welfare payments of $178 a month, while the State of California pays for most of the cost of his treatments -which amounts to $3,000 a month...
...most doctors-and patients as well-agree that the best way to avoid the high costs of chronic dialysis is to make it unnecessary. About 90% of the patients currently undergoing dialysis are suitable candidates for kidney transplants. The success rate for transplantation of kidneys from live donors is around 70%, while that for operations using cadaver kidneys is almost 50%. The cost of a new kidney is a bargain of sorts: a maximum of $25,000, or about one year's worth of in-hospital dialysis. Unfortunately, the supply of donor kidneys is far smaller than the demand...
Industrial nations, particularly the raw-material-starved Japanese, long hungered after Indonesia's largely untapped hoard of oil, copper, nickel and timber. But intense nationalism and chronic political upheaval kept foreigners out until volatile President Sukarno was overthrown in 1965. Since the new government began encouraging outside investment two years later, hundreds of companies from Japan, the U.S., Europe and the Philippines have poured $250 million into the archipelago, mostly for mining and logging, and have pledged to spend another $1.15 billion. On top of that, they are spending $150 million annually exploring offshore...
...possible return of fullback Steve Hall to the Crimson backfield this afternoon should bolster the Crimson rushing attack, which picked up only 44 yards in 43 attempts last week against the Tigers. Hall has been suffering from chronic ankle injury since pre-season practice...