Word: neck
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...role of an ex-President who dies of cancer, Gargan himself began to complain of a continually sore throat. Doctors discovered he had cancer of the larynx. His voice box was removed, and what was left of his windpipe now ends at a collar-button-level hole in his neck. When he left the hospital, he was speechless. But last week, like the others at the Memphis dinner, Gargan was talking once more-using esophageal speech...
...vocal cords" (membranes of the larynx). If these membranes are tensed and vibrated, a tone is produced. That tone and its timbre are modified by the tongue, teeth and lips to make the different sounds of speech. In the laryngectomee, the exhaled air escapes through the hole in his neck (tracheostomy) where his Adam's apple used to be. But air can also be swallowed through the gullet (esophagus) and burped back again. And the swallowing muscles at the top of the gullet can be made to vibrate. As a result they give a lower tone...
Dodger Catcher Roy Campanella was driving at only 30 m.p.h. one winter evening in 1958, when his car skidded into a utility pole. Despite the moderate speed, Campy broke his bull neck in the crackup; he was paralyzed for life, from the chest down. Just one year later, Campy was driven into another accident. This time the car was going 40; the driver and two other passengers wound up in a hospital. But Campy was unhurt. Having learned the hard way that most traffic accidents happen at low speeds and close to home, the ex-ballplayer was wearing a seat...
...interpretations of the tales, though amusing, incline to be cute and design to be sentimental. And the Cinerama process, still full of half-squashed bugs, presents at least one insoluble problem: a moviegoer watching a screen the size of a tennis court can quite readily get a stiff neck from trying to follow the conversational ball...
...romantic afternoon in Paris an arrogant young rip (Paul Guers) strolls out of his expensive flat and-hello! A beautiful girl (Marie Laforet) is sitting in his sports car. Her eyes are large and soulful. One elegant long finger rests lightly on her lips. "Another one breathing down my neck," he thinks. "We'll see about that." He jumps in the driver's seat. She seems startled, tries to leave. "You'll be sorry," he snarls with a smile as he grabs her wrist and starts the car. She twists free and runs away. He shrugs. That...