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...FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT APPEARS WITHIN A DIAGRAM] NEW ACT IN THE RING...
Promptly removed, basal-cell carcinomas rarely pose a danger. There are several methods for getting rid of them. President Reagan's "pimple," and a similar growth on Nancy Reagan's upper lip in 1982, were excised by a procedure called curettage and electrodesiccation (see diagram) that usually takes five minutes. In this method, the dermatologist applies a local anesthetic and then scrapes away the soft, mushy tumor cells with a curette, an instrument with a sharp circular blade. Afterward, an electrified needle is applied to the area to destroy any remnants of malignancy. In the case of Nixon...
...good scientific investigator, Einstein, who walked the mile to and from his office at the Institute for Advanced Study every day, had attempted to figure out his discomfort. He had drawn two sketches of shoes (see diagram), showing the pattern of foot pressure. The one he had labeled "bad" showed his current problem: the pressure on his feet was concentrated on the outside of his foot and on his big toe. The drawing labeled "good" showed what he thought to be the ideal: pressure evenly distributed over the entire foot...
...that all the President's doctors can do is watch their patient carefully and hope to catch any recurrence in its earliest stages. Doctors have recommended that six months after the President's discharge from the hospital he should undergo another colonoscopy, a visual examination of the colon (see diagram). They will check his blood regularly for carcinoembryonic antigen, a chemical marker that may indicate the presence of cancer cells, and examine his lungs, liver and other organs by means of X rays and CAT scans...
...referring to supposedly heartfelt “feelings” about things like derivatives (“I feel like the derivative has to do with rate of change”),— the sharing of emotions generated by the proper drawing of a Lewis-dot diagram (“I feel like there’s a double bond between the carbons”), and worst of all, rousing concern with regard to another student’s impressions (“I feel like what he/she said is wrong?...