Word: harrisons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bruce Willis is a hero less in the tradition of Sylvester Stallone's indestructible Rambo than of Harrison Ford's damageable Indiana Jones. Willis' final victory is much more satisfying after having seen him drag his battered and bleeding body through the snow after suffering major defeats...
That era may take a while to unfold, however. For now, the procedure seems useful only for rare ailments. Blake Schultz's diaphragmatic hernia, for example, occurs in 1 out of every 2,200 births, and 90% of those cases are considered unsuitable for surgery. Moreover, while Harrison has proved that this operation is feasible, only long-term clinical trials can establish that the surgery will be effective for a majority of patients...
...Harrison spent five years practicing and refining his technique on hundreds of sheep and monkeys. Even so, his first six operations on human fetuses with problems similar to Blake's failed: he was unable to save the babies because of difficulties encountered in handling their organs. After his success with Blake, Harrison performed a comparable prenatal operation on a little girl, who was also born healthy...
...many surgeons are likely to develop similar expertise soon. Nonetheless, Harrison's work may herald a time when doctors can routinely help the unborn victims of nature's mistakes...
According to arcane Senate rules, the Durenberger hearing will be a "formal investigation." It has been nearly a decade since a Senate ethics committee has reached that stage. Usually, the accused lawmaker resigns ahead of time, as Wright did. New Jersey's Harrison Williams, enmeshed in the Abscam bribery scandal, waited out a formal investigation in 1981, then resigned before the Senate could vote on the panel's recommendation to expel...