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...would stay | in at least until after his home state's primary on March 15. Behind the flip- flop was some arm twisting by Illinois supporters. State Democratic Chairman Vince Demuzio collared Simon at Chicago's Midway Airport last week. "I told him I almost cut off my nose shaving when I read what he had said," says Demuzio. Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan groused about being left "high and dry" and hinted that Simon's Senate re-election chances might be hurt if he abandoned the race early...
...polygraphy examination doesn't measure whether a person is lying because there is no known physiological reaction unique to lying. It's a nice idea that like Pinocchio's nose, our body would give us away when we lie. People can learn to beat a polygraph," said Saxe...
...senses flag. Taste diminishes as the nose loses its sense of smell (odor accounts for about 80% of overall flavor sensation). The loss of taste can lead to lack of appetite and sometimes to serious nutritional deficiencies. Hearing fades, particularly in the high-frequency range, and processing of information slows. Vision begins deteriorating at about 40. The pupil shrinks, reducing the amount of light reaching the retina. An 80-year- old's retina receives only about a sixth of the light that a 20-year-old's does. The lens hardens and clouds. More than half of those...
...silver and Girardelli, if he recovers from a bruising fall in late January, at least one medal. Give them all fat endorsements, glossy cars and TV contracts. Give the Larchenhof a try in 30 years; the tall fellow with the leather knickers, the pipe and the pointy nose, they say, still skis fairly well...
...lean, graceful East German on the practice rink was muffled against the cold; a pink cap was pulled down to her eyebrows and a white turtleneck sweater pulled up over her nose. An American skater had no problem identifying the woman to a visitor: "There she is -- the one with the lovely long legs." The "she" is Karin Kania, perhaps the finest and most admired woman speed skater of this or any other Olympic year...