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...almost too late. When Clark arrived at the hospital, his heart was pumping one liter of blood per minute, one-fifth the normal rate. Surgery was set for 8 a.m. Thursday. Clark had already been approved by the hospital's selection committee. In addition to suffering from a fatal heart condition with no alternative treatment, he more than met the criteria for psychological stability and a strong will to live. "This man was worth waiting for," said Committee Member Peg Miller...
...chymopapain does have one drawback. Injection of the chemical can trigger a potentially fatal response known as anaphylactic shock. The reaction, which cannot be predicted in an individual, can lead to the collapse of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. The FDA points out, however, that in the new clinical trials with more than 1,400 patients, anaphylaxis occurred in only 1% of cases, and of these just two patients died. The mortality rate of .14% for chymopapain is about the same as that for lumbar disc surgery. Still, surgeons are cautioning patients that chymopapain is a last-ditch therapy short...
...controllers desperately began sending random messages on every possible frequency. Finally, only minutes away from a fatal fuel freeze, Anik answered and accepted the lifesaving instructions. What had gone wrong? A computer programmer had apparently goofed, reversing the number of the correct communications frequency...
Oddly enough, Carter's treatment of the Iranian hostage crisis, though substantial, is not as complete or as interesting as Jordan's. One can only speculate that, here too, the episode proved so embarrassing and politically fatal that he prefers to forget about it. Instead, he devotes a small chapter to defending Office of Management and Budget head Bert Lance, a personal friend whom he describes as "a good country banker." Lance had been forced to resign his post because of financial improprieties--one wonders why Carter feels compelled to devote so much space to clearing a friend's name...
...essential flaw in Different Seasons lies not in any inherent lack of ability on King's part, but moreso in his insecurity. He has been typed as a mass-market horror writer, and is experiencing the fatal pangs of self-doubt. King has been convinced that in order to establish himself as a serious writer, he must abandon his ghost stories. He does so, not realizing that horror is, in fact, the most effective vehicle for his creative sense...