Word: eye
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...Corps (called "eye" corps) is the most nettlesome of South Viet Nam's four tactical combat zones. The closest to North Viet Nam, it has always been easiest for Hanoi to infiltrate, keep supplied-and influence. Its citizens are chiefly Annamese; they once ruled Viet Nam from Hue, were among the earliest supporters of the Viet Minh against the French and make a fetish of xenophobia. The Imperial City of Hué is Viet Nam's capital of discontent. Despite the efforts of Walt's 73,000 Marines, much of I Corps remains pro-Viet Cong...
Today's best hope for improving the cure rate lies not in more sophisticated technology but in a return to the use of the human eye, aided by magnifying lenses, for direct examination of tissues in which disease may be developing. The technique is called colposcopy (pronounced col-poss-cuppy), and its most ardent proponent is the University of Mississippi's Dr. Karl A. Bolten, who learned it from its inventor in Bolten's native Germany...
When Hans Hinselmann (1884-1959), a professor of gynecology who was educated at Bonn and later taught there, sat down in 1924 to write about uterine cancer, he postulated that cancer in its first stages must produce ulcers or tumors too small to be seen by the naked eye. He worked with the Leitz optical firm to produce the first colposcope-essentially a pair of binoculars with a light source, mounted on a pedestal. Though the device has been improved, the principle remains the same today. A choice of lenses gives magnifications from six to 25 diameters, and most models...
...Blessed by: Brotherhood of the Love of Christ, Community of Poets, Easter Coast Spring Ball, East Village Other, Innerspace, Jade Companions, League for Spiritual Discovery, Liberty House, New American Church, Peace Eye, Psychedelic Fellowship...
...spring, bicycles. But most important, a campus-bound security force simply lacks the time, men, and training to do serious police work. Even Walsh, despite his clothing, does little real snooping. "He is not," Tonis admits with a trace of a smile, "like a James Bond or a private eye...