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Researchers have managed to double the speed of fiber optic transmission every 18 months since its invention, for instance. But this has not translated into error-free operation, Kung says...
...Cabot and the extra steps to lunch these houses require. But the equal inconvenience that has been traditionally visited upon Adamsians goes beyond such petty geocentric squabbling to implicate the very fabric of what defines the fragmentation of experience that is culture, the anticommunity that is community, the fiber of that elusive animal that is the real Adamsian...
...says Times Square has lost its famous gaudy sparkle? At 11:53 p.m. on New Year's Eve, Coca-Cola flipped on the switch to launch its contribution to Broadway's born-again glitz: a $3 million, 55-ton billboard featuring a four- story Coke bottle made of fiber glass. A high-tech version of the Coke sign that has reigned in various Times Square locations for 75 years, the billboard contains a mile of neon tubing, 60 miles of optical fiber and more than 13,000 incandescent light bulbs. Controlled by a robotic animation system, the giant bottle pops...
...liver scan ($140). Then there was the emergency work-up ($45), followed by a catheter ($30), urinalysis ($22), a steroid injection and lab work to check organ function ($71); anesthesia ($345); an IV attached to a leg ($110); a biopsy ($45); upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy for fiber-optic images of his stomach, small intestine and colon ($75); antibiotics and Tagamet for the ulcer ($25); plus five days of hospitalization...
Even if follow-up studies show that aspirin really does protect against cancer, doctors warn that it will never be a substitute for exercise, a low- fat, high-fiber diet or not smoking. Too many heart-disease patients have latched on to aspirin as a panacea and as an excuse to avoid changing lethal habits. The latest findings will probably, alas, tempt others to do the same...