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...Dye Path. A link between amphetamines and circulatory problems was first suggested in 1970 by Dr. B. Philip Citron. He observed the signs of widespread small-vessel deterioration in 14 young drug abusers, most of whom mainlined speed. Four of them died as a result. Observation of nearly 100 other patients since then has strengthened Citron's initial theory...
...controlled experiment by a second research team has provided still more proof. Dr. Calvin Rumbaugh of the hospital's radiology department had already examined 19 patients by cerebral angiography, an X-ray technique in which a dye is injected into the brain's arteries to enable doctors to follow its path through the smaller blood vessels. The tests showed most of the patients to be suffering from occlusion, or blockage, of the small arteries. To determine whether speed could cause such damage, Rumbaugh and his team injected five rhesus monkeys with methamphetamine every other day for two weeks...
...spectacular corporate success in double knits has been eight-year-old Texfi Industries Inc., headquartered in Greensboro, N.C. Texfi President Joseph Hamilton, 51, who left his job at Burlington Indus tries to help found the firm, was quick to see the need for a single producer who could knit, dye and finish the fabric. He borrowed money, issued a public stock offering to get more and went into production. Texfi is now the biggest producer of double knits, with estimated sales this year of $160 million, a 66% increase over last year...
There are few human dramas quite as compelling as the search for a lost child. When 9-year-old Kevin Dye wandered away from a picnic on rugged Casper Mountain in east central Wyoming, there was an extra edge of urgency and fear for his survival: Kevin is brain damaged and requires constant medication to prevent epileptic seizures. More than 3,000 volunteers searched for eleven days until he was found-dehydrated and 25 Ibs. lighter than when his ordeal began, but otherwise in excellent condition...
...presidency, an even greater fuss is brewing over the sincerity of his hair. Purred Attorney William Coblentz, a Democratic Party strategist and regent of the University of California: "After all, Reagan is 60, and if he doesn't move soon, it'll be too late. You can dye your hair, but you can't dye corpuscles. Reagan is a menopausal Gary Grant...