Word: eyeful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that the U.S. House of Representatives has decided to admit TV cameras to witness its daily business, House leaders fear that something more fundamental than personal fashions may be disrupted by the intrusion. They believe that the onlooking electronic eye, with its unpredictable and even mysterious refractions of reality, might be an alien influence, a distraction that could profoundly change the nature of the House-its procedures, its schedules, its public image, even the quality of the legislation it produces...
Besides being addicted to morphine -drug abuse is a serious criminal offense in Belgium-Sister Godfrida was reputed to have carried on sexual relationships simultaneously with a retired missionary priest and with another nun who taught school in Wetteren. Her affairs were kept out of the public eye, but other members of her community knew about them. She and the teaching nun shared an expensively decorated apartment near the hospital. They frequently dined out together in the best restaurants; at other times, merchants recalled, they had expensive cuts of meat, fresh seafood and vintage wines delivered to their apartment. Sister...
...Orleans, there are six danger signals that may precede a major stroke: passing episodes, lasting from minutes to several hours, of 1) numbness in a limb or the face; 2) weakness or drooping on one side of the body; 3) speech difficulties; 4) blurring of vision, usually in one eye; 5) dizziness and double vision; or 6) severe headache and a stiff neck. Anyone who experiences such "little strokes" should visit a physician promptly. Many of these premonitory strokes result from a blockage in the internal carotid artery above the jaw line, where it is beyond reach of the scalpel...
This maneuver requires 20 stitches with thread finer than a human hair and barely visible to the naked eye...
...week run. At the opposite end of the spectrum, in terms of opulence, the musical Pippin dazzles nightly at the Shubert Theatre (426-6173 or -4520). Music and lyrics are by Stephen (Godspell) Schwartz, but it's Bob Fosse's direction and choreography that will knock your eye...