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...very grim morality tale for those who would do anything for a sleeker look. On July 4, a man supposedly named Antonio Flores Montes, thought to be in his early 40s, was found dead in his Mexico City hospital room after having undergone eight hours of cosmetic facial surgery and liposuction to his midriff. Bruised and punctured, Flores' corpse was flown by chartered plane the next day to the northern Mexican city of Culiacan, where it was laid out at the Capillas Funerales San Martiaan in a coffin lined with silk. Not all visitors to the funeral home could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEATH BY MAKE-OVER | 7/21/1997 | See Source »

GIVE ME A SMILE Depressed mothers seem to give birth to babies with similar symptoms--elevated levels of stress hormones, few facial expressions and trouble sleeping. Their brain waves too mimic those of their depressed moms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jun. 30, 1997 | 6/30/1997 | See Source »

...suffer from the rare genetic disorder known as Turner's syndrome are a little shorter than average, have a thicker neck and usually can't have children. Otherwise, there's nothing especially striking about them--except that often they're socially inept. They butt into conversations. They misread facial expressions, tones of voice, body language. They're insensitive to others' feelings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL | 6/23/1997 | See Source »

...North Carolina was slain by a Rottweiler when the child tried to retrieve a football from a fenced yard. In Prairie Village, Kans., on Feb. 22, a six-year-old boy was so brutally attacked in his own backyard by an akita that he needed 100 stitches and reconstructive facial surgery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MAN'S BEST FRIEND? | 6/23/1997 | See Source »

...Spanish fossils, though nearly twice as old, show a mix of modern and Neanderthal facial traits. According to the new genealogy, H. antecessor evolved in Africa and gave rise to H. heidelbergensis and another, still undiscovered species. The former begat Neanderthals; the latter led to modern H. sapiens. Not all paleoanthropologists are convinced. But if this theory holds up, the human family tree has just grown another branch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRANCHING OUT | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

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