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...intestine) and to fashion it into the shape of a U (see diagram). Next he trained his surgical microscope, working at 20-to 40-power magnification, on the minuscule bile ducts. He exposed them, and with incredibly fine needlework sewed one branch of the U over them like a funnel. He sutured the other branch of the U into the upper part of the duodenum, about where nature intended bile...
...screaming halt to auto use would be more destructive still." Los Angeles' neighbors disagree. The cities of Riverside and San Bernardino, which filed the suit to speed EPA action, are suffocating under a pall of Los Angeles' pollutants; they lie at the end of a natural funnel east of L.A.-and the prevailing winds blow from the west. Says their lawyer, Mary Nichols: "They see the Clean Air Act as their only hope...
...money that Washington now spends on training and shipping it out in revenue-sharing grants. That was a questionable move because manpower training needs more central coordination, not less. The attempt was defeated in Congress, where manpower training has strong support-but for the wrong reason. Because the programs funnel money into many congressional districts, Congressmen tend to look on them as a new variety of pork barrel and vote for each other's favorite programs...
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...remarks about the Committee, Daly said it should not be viewed as a funnel for channeling or filtering ideas and suggestion from the community. Instead it is a body that will add to the input of community groups and individuals...