Word: holes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bursts were coming from a pulsar, or rapidly rotating neutron star-the incredibly compressed cadaver of a giant star whose nuclear fires have died out. Some 15,000 light-years away, it apparently was in orbit around a second compact object, perhaps another neutron star or even a black hole, whose gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape its grasp...
...days of shooting ended when all of the scenery fell down, as planned, in a movie-within-the-movie that Kermit and his friends were trying to make. Their fake, Styrofoam rainbow lay in pieces, but through a jagged hole in the soundstage roof, a real rainbow was seen to shimmer. Happy ending. Quick, sweep the stage and pack the Muppets in their boxes, because taping for the new season's TV series begins in London in five days...
Peritoneal dialysis is not for everyone who suffers kidney failure. Some object to the prospect of a permanent hole in the abdomen. Others are not fastidious enough; the dialysate bags must be handled with extreme care to avoid dangerous abdominal infections. Still, peritoneal dialysis has important advantages. CAPD's developers, Chemical Engineer Robert Popovich and Nephrologist Jack Moncrief, both of Austin, Texas, point out that it is simpler and, except for infections, less risky than using a kidney machine at home. A patient, for instance, can safely sleep through the procedure without the risk of bleeding to death...
With Fitzgibbons out of the hole, Dales had to settle for a double-bogey when his second shot landed on a patch of ice in a green-side sand trap. The rest of the way, though, Dales played unimpeachable golf...
Once again the dogleg first hole extracted a costly double bogey. Dales needed six shots when he bunkered his drive. Fitzgibbons was out of it when his tee shot made a beeline for south of the Rio Grande...