Word: leak
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...percent of [saline implants] leak every year," said O'Connor. "You could wake up one morning and your breast would be flat on that side...
Sightings of that bumper sticker in California and New Hampshire probably go farther than any deep-think analysis to unravel a Washington mystery. Why is the Bush Administration starting to leak hints of a new scheme to dethrone the Iraqi strongman, despite the derision of virtually everyone who knows anything about the Middle East...
...latest information adds weight to several reports about the dangers of silicone gel, a substance also sold as a sealant and Silly Putty. If it stayed inside its envelope, the gel would pose little danger. But doctors have found that over the years it can leak into the surrounding breast tissue. In some cases, especially in poorer-quality implants manufactured between 1975 and 1985, the sacs rupture, spilling their contents into the body. The immune system's attempt to wall off this foreign chemical can cause inflammation and severe chest pain. Worse, the silicone can migrate to the lungs, liver...
...augment or rebuild their breasts. Not only were silicone-gel devices easy to insert but their look and feel best approximated the real thing. For 90% of women, they were the method of choice. While implants inflated with salt water are still available and considered safe (if they leak, the saline does no harm), they have drawbacks. They can shift as a woman moves, and the water may settle into the lower portion of the breast, stretching and tightening the skin. They are not recommended for thin women or for those who have undergone mastectomy, since these women...
...victim of that policy is FORREST MCCARTNEY, director of the Kennedy Space Center, who was forced out last month after he twice refused to approve a final "go for launch" because of safety concerns. Both flights went smoothly after the problems were fixed -- in one case a hydrogen-fuel leak and in another a warped hinge and latch. William Lenoir, a former astronaut and top NASA official, insisted that McCartney had to go. NASA administrator and former astronaut Richard Truly concurred and offered McCartney a desk job at Washington headquarters. But McCartney has quit, to look for "a job where...