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...that it will sell energy-poor Japan, which imports virtually all its oil, the know-how for building a much needed nuclear reprocessing plant 80 miles north of Tokyo. Despite Carter's concern about nuclear proliferation, Japanese officials believe it is grossly unfair for the Administration to lump Japan, which signed the nonproliferation treaty, with Brazil, which...
Instead of a mastectomy, Blaschko opted for interstitial radiation therapy -the temporary implanting of tiny bits of radioactive isotopes in and around the malignant tissue. She has had no reason to regret her decision; the lump in her breast has receded, the cancer in her lymph nodes has apparently been eradicated, and she feels so well that she has taken up cycling along with her daily swimming...
Earlier the Better. Syed sees still another benefit. Until now, he notes, many women with a suspicious lump in the breast have been extremely reluctant to go to a doctor for fear they would quickly wind up under the knife. By contrast, implants offer them a less menacing option, which may encourage them to seek help earlier-and early treatment, whatever the technique, is still the best way to beat breast cancer...
...young and talented Harvard hockey team is taking quite a few lumps these days. After picking up losses to Providence and Boston University within the past two weeks, the Crimson traveled to Brown on Saturday night and picked up Lump Number Three in a hard-fought 5-3 loss to the Bruins...
...wore inexplicably large tinted aviator glasses which made him look like a 1,000,000X blown up slide of a house fly. If I were pretending to be omniscient I would tell you how Rizzuto felt watching Martin walk on the field to a huge ovation. ("Phil felt a lump in his throat as big as a hardball . . . he remembered how Casey had always said Billy would someday manage the Yankees...