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...example, despite its increasing use of fiber-optic-cable systems that carry far more conversations at lower cost, AT&T is stuck with millions of miles of old-fashioned copper wire and coaxial cable. Also on its books are millions of old dial telephones, built to work for 40 years but less versatile than newer high-tech models like its Touch-matic, which automatically dials up to 15 numbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Busy Signals | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

When the patient returns to the operating room, the surgeon removes the catheter and inserts the nephroscope. Optic fibers in the device provide a clear view of the quarry. The doctor then eases a tiny, basket-like grabbing device through the nephroscope and manipulates it to grasp and remove the stone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Blasting to Smithereens | 1/10/1983 | See Source »

...Breathing Method, an old physician sits in an exclusive Manhattan club, spinning a long-ago yarn. He recalls the terror he once saw on the face of an ambulance driver, "His eyes widening until it seemed they must slip from their orbits and simply dangle from their optic nerves like grotesque seeing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Master of Postliterate Prose | 8/30/1982 | See Source »

...custody and had forwarded their petitions of complaint to Bihar's inspector general. The government has also named a team of ophthalmologists to determine if any prisoner's vision can be restored. There may be hope for a few victims, but in most cases, the optic nerves have been destroyed. Mrs. Gandhi has promised about $2,000 compensation to each victim. "I want to express my deep agony over what has happened," she told parliament. "I felt physically sickened when I heard. What are we coming to in this country? That anyone could do such a thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Blinding Justice | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

...Arthur Boland, the team orthopedic surgeon, said yesterday the surgery involved looking inside the knee with a fiber optic lens called an orthoscope to determine the extent of damage to the cartilage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Q.B. Has Knee Surgery | 10/7/1980 | See Source »

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