Word: insertion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...York City, a new tool cannily combines several grooming appliances in one 6-oz. unit. The 4-in. blower of Schildkraut's red plastic and metal gadget ($33) becomes both blow dryer and handle for the iron. Another take-along is Le Dome ($16.50) instant nail dryer. Simply insert fingers or toes into its plastic chamber, and a battery-driven fan dries them in two minutes...
...procedure is almost as easy as on earth. Callers will insert a major credit card into the slot on cordless, pushbutton models mounted in the cabin. The passenger can return to his seat with the handset and direct-dial any U.S. number (international calls are yet to be offered). The unit on the airplane is programmed to search out the best of Airfone's ground relay stations across the nation, one of which will automatically transfer the call to regular AT&T long lines. Callers will even be able to check in with their home answering machines for messages...
When blood tests and ultrasound monitoring indicate that the ova are ripe, the eggs are extracted in a delicate operation performed under general anesthesia. The surgeons first insert a laparoscope, which is about ? in. in diameter, so that they can see the target: the small, bluish pocket, or follicle, inside the ovary, where each egg is produced. Then, a long, hollow needle is inserted through a second incision, and the eggs and the surrounding fluid are gently suctioned up. Some clinics are beginning to use ultrasound imaging instead of a laparoscope to guide the needle into the follicles. This...
Another new procedure has made it possible to avoid the artificial-looking hairline left by transplants. Using a Danish technique, doctors can now insert plugs of just one or two hairs in front of an implanted area to simulate a natural hairline...
...bearded enigma at the center of his tale, Vidal packs the edges with peripheral figures. Nearly everyone who was anyone during the 1860s, from Henry Adams to Walt Whitman, is given a walk-on role. This process extends to some 19th century notables already deceased. Vidal manages to insert the information that Francis Blair, an aged visitor to the Lincoln White House, knew Andrew Jackson...