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...Pipeline. Sterilization operations for men and women are based on the same strategy: cutting the tubes that carry the sex cells on their paths toward junction and conception. In the woman, the Fallopian tubes−through which the egg cells travel from the ovaries toward the uterus−are hidden in the pelvic cavity of the lower abdomen. Before recent technical advances they were relatively difficult for the surgeon to reach. In the man, a tube called the vas deferens (literally, the "carrying-away vessel") arises from each testicle to carry the spermatozoa to the prostate gland where the seminal...
Meanwhile, North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces moved closer to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh yesterday, surrounding the town of Tram Khnar, located on the main highway 25 miles south of the capital. They also attacked a key highway junction and blew up a bridge...
...three of the county's newspapers. Once a quiet train stop, it is now a depressing roadscape of shabby gas stations, diners, motels and half-filled grocery stores. It is also one of the best-known little nowheres in the country. Sitting astride the junction of federal highways 301, 25 and 82, Ludowici commands the traditional north-south highway to Florida; 1,000,000 motorists drive through town each year. During the '50s it became known as the site of a treacherous stop light that trapped motorists by changing from green to red without warning, after which...
...abandoned many of the traditional shows that had given it clear superiority in rural areas and among the elderly. It concentrated instead on its idea of sophistication. That meant the cancellation of The Red Skelton Show after 16 seasons, The Jackie Gleason Show after eight successful years and Petticoat Junction after seven...
...prime evening-time audience. What is more, NBC, with its more urban-oriented schedule, holds a 29% edge in college-educated viewers and a 28% margin among those earning $10,000 or more. Since such demographic breakdowns are becoming increasingly critical for sponsors, Skelton and Petticoat Junction were dumped even though they ranked among the top 25 programs in total audience. CBS also dropped Lancer, Get Smart and the Tim Conway situation comedy...