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...sensor scans the space in front of the TV searching for patterns of light and dark -- the shine of a nose, the line of a mouth -- that suggest the presence of a face. A computer then makes more detailed scans at higher and higher resolutions, trying to match facial features to those of family members stored in its memory. (An unfamiliar face would be recorded as a "visitor.") When the machine makes a match, the information is sent by phone lines to Nielsen's central ratings computer, and then to subscribers...
...familiar were her trademark facial expressions that after a while scriptwriters simply inserted code words for them. "Puddling up" meant that Lucy's eyes would fill with tears just before she emitted a banshee wail. "Light bulb" signaled the alarming expression that crossed her face when she had a brainstorm. "Credentials" indicated an open-mouthed gape, as if to say, "How dare...
Weinstein is a popular speaker, a motormouth with a New York City accent and a concise choreography of hand and facial expression to convey such messages as "gedoutta-heah-gimme-a-break." He wears tailored suits and a gold bracelet with STAN spelled in diamonds. His admirers are legion. "I'd be lying if I said I didn't love it," he says. "One time we were flying in from Europe, and we had 40 minutes to get through Customs at Kennedy and make our next flight. The Customs man said, 'Are you Stan Weinstein? I saw you on Wall...
...understand." As a pediatric surgeon for 33 years, Koop saved many ^ babies no bigger than his hand. In the course of treating 100,000 patients, Koop saw many so-called difficult cases become happy and productive children. One of these was Paul Sweeney, born in 1965 with twisted intestines, facial deformities and a cleft palate. Koop operated on him 37 times. For the final operation by another surgeon in 1983, Koop returned to Philadelphia in full dress uniform to wheel his former patient into the operating room. Sweeney recently graduated from West Chester University in Pennsylvania...
...violence reported at the scene of the April 10 raid is legendary. According to The Crimson, the officers beat students with billy clubs, in many cases causing scalp wounds and facial cuts. Spectators and members of the press were arrested, and students were threatened...