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Even with those limitations, this is by all odds a minor masterpiece and a welcome addition to any cookbook library. --By Mimi Sheraton
...evening fell, was in the final throes of closing its Coke cover story. Some of the Nation staff had already begun to plan the following week's stories when Washington Bureau News Editor Ann Blackman phoned New York City with the word that a scheduled story on a minor presidential operation had suddenly become the week's biggest news...
...patient was coming out of sedation Friday afternoon, he got an unpleasant surprise. What had started out as routine minor surgery had turned into a serious problem. One small polyp had been removed from his colon, but in the process doctors discovered another, larger one. They knew that such growths very often become malignant. He would have to undergo major surgery: a three-hour operation, involving a deep abdominal incision, to be performed under general anesthesia, never a happy prospect for a 74-year-old man. The doctors offered him a choice: wait two or three weeks, or go ahead...
...Reagan was in an operating room for what was a minor surgical procedure that did not even require a general anesthetic. Doctors inserted into his colon a tube with a wire snare attached to remove the polyp they knew about, and an optical device to allow close examination of the intestine. The second polyp they discovered was too large (about the size of a baby's finger) to be removed in that manner; all they could do then was scrape off some cells from the polyp's periphery for a biopsy. Though Reagan was conscious, he knew none of this...
...temporary transfer of presidential powers, their name has become part of the popular lexicon. Polyps are small growths that generally appear on epithelial tissues, like those that line the intestines. Intestinal polyps are quite common, especially in people over 50, and if detected early they can be treated with minor surgery, usually by being cauterized or snipped off. When the polyps are allowed to grow, however, they not only are more difficult to remove but can interfere with body functions and even become cancerous...