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...occurs in 2% or 3% of those who undergo the operation. To relieve the President's postoperative pain, which is expected after such surgery, doctors used a special technique called intrathecal injection of morphine. They delivered the opiate through a needle inserted in the sheath of Reagan's spinal cord, where it blocks nerve pathways through which pain signals are relayed to the brain. Even with the array of medical paraphernalia leading in and out of his body, Reagan should be able to carry out most of his important presidential duties. Said Dr. Oller: "One can conduct business even with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Perplexing, and Sometimes Perilous, Polyp | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...lenses and high-intensity lights that illuminate the ocean floor. A team of eight engineers from London, working four to a shift, controlled the submersible from aboard the cable ship by firing electric and hydraulic thrusters to maneuver the craft, which was attached to a 10,000-ft. umbilical cord. Scarab 1's cameras and mechanical arms were also operated electronically as the engineers tracked its progress on TV screens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disasters: Deep Grab | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...Peace Museum now, Kawamoto uses a long wooden pointer to indicate, in a large circular panorama, the route of the rest of his escape. Above the center of the panorama a bright red ball representing the hypocenter hangs by a cord. Kawamoto touches the pointer to the area of the playground, then moves it out into the city, away from the hypocenter, toward the Kyobashi River and the Miyuki Bridge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the Boy Saw: A Fire In the Sky | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...care, pet-custody battles and even plastic surgery for animals testify to America's humanization of pets. Nemeth, who says her Balinese cat, Symphony, "talks" to her, knows her market. She spent thousands on wheelchairs and a hyperbaric chamber when her dog Kicsi was dying of spinal-cord degeneration. Nemeth's salespeople teach pet care to their customers, much as Nemeth's toy company helped educate parents about child development...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let's Pawty! | 4/4/2005 | See Source »

...really usable for your own media you will have to buy a Memory Stick Duo with more capacity. One-gigabyte versions can be found for $150. At that amount of space you could even rip some TV shows. You transfer files through a USB to 5-pin "mini-B" cord (not provided) that is pretty standard with digital cameras. The transfer worked fine in both Windows and Mac machines, allowing you to use the PSP as a storage device for any kind of file...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: First Look: The PSP | 3/24/2005 | See Source »

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