Word: discs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Spinal discs, cushionlike pads that separate the vertebrae, are composed of tough, cartilaginous fibers and filled with water and a protein called "ground substance." When surrounding tissues tear, the disc bulges, or slips, out of its normal position, causing pain in the back and, when it pushes against the sciatic nerve, in the legs...
Most slipped discs can be treated successfully by the prescription of bed rest or aspirin or other painkillers. If the pain persists, doctors frequently perform a laminectomy, a delicate surgical procedure in which the disc is removed from between two vertebrae, which are then fused together. But in many cases, chymopapain may now provide an alternative to surgery. The enzyme injected into the disc breaks down the ground substance, enabling it and the water to escape and be absorbed by the body. That causes the disc to shrink back into place, thus easing the pressure on the surrounding nerves...
...body. While this accomodates the shift, it is annoying and detracts from the main action. The theme song is repeated four times throughout the production, apparently to make up for the play's lack of continuity. The last time around, it begins to sound more like a bad, overplayed disc on the local AM station...
Nevertheless, the appearance of young comics making fun of their own culture is a good sign. Says Comedian and Disc Jockey Don Imus: "It used to be Bob Hope making fun of hippies; now it's hippies making fun of hippies...
...other end of the ice, Chris Brig has been designated as the one who will attempt to keep Harvard's powerful offense from putting the puck in the net. Brig has seen that black rubber disc shot at him 882 times in 23 games this season. He has saved 784 of them for a 4.29 goals against average...