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...Look at the way the umbilical cord, pulsating and still connected with the mother, is clamped at two ends and cut--before the baby ever starts to breathe. And when, after two minutes of life the baby has failed to start breathing, rubber tubes are stuck up his nose to help the 'natural' process," he added ironically...
...Cord sailing, a rarity in competition, will highlight the minor invitational tournament to be held on Sunday at MIT. Two boats are entered, each with a two-student crew. Women's lib wins out here, as the man and woman will alternate as captain from race to race...
...agonizing, fiery pain in Coats' leg, surgeons are thinking of a radically new procedure: implanting a device with electrodes in the spinal cord so that when the pain heats up Coats can press a button and switch it off. He may have to use such a device all his life. Was it worth it? Would he do it again? "I don't feel the same as I did in 1967, because of what's come out?the Pentagon papers, and the reasons for the U.S. going in originally. I can't see why we kept on spilling American blood...
John Gage, who left the Public Policy Program here because "he couldn't stand the bullshit handed out" has the responsibility of making sure there are outlets for TV cameras at each McGovern speaking engagements. Gage is the person who has to find the extra extension cord, or to set up the platform for the cameramen to stand on. Gage prides himself on the fact that McGovern has not had one rally since the convention where any television camera failed to get usable footage...
There was no urgency, they felt, about removing the other bullet lodged against Wallace's spine. It had already done its damage. Its concussive impact had bruised nerves and caused partial paralysis. But it was now wedged "harmlessly" against the spinal cord. It could be left there until his general condition improved...