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...Comedy should always be on that very fine line of going too far. It should always be on the brink of disaster. Otherwise, it's pap, and who cares? It's boring. Then you become the grand old lady. The audience will make a subject sacrosanct anyway. Death, for example. They just don't want to laugh about death. I think we should. When my mother died, I kept going by doing joke after joke. I get rid of things through very black humor. I have a wonderful Karen Carpenter joke: 'I have no pity...
...stated purpose of the roundup was to test the effectiveness of the martial law rule, imposed on Dec. 13 by General Wojciech Jaruzelski. The result, admitted the national press agency PAP, was "not as good as it might be." More direct was the U.S. State Department, which branded Operation Calm "a mockery of all recent Polish government statements to the effect that life is beginning to return to normal in Poland...
...prevention of cancer seems to be the emphasis of future research. The Pap Smear, a simple test for women's cervical cancer and the Ames procedure, which identifies chemicals as carcinogens, have gained in popularity. Also, self-examination of the breasts has become a more effective method of early detection and prevention. The ultimate goal of research in cures and prevention--the elimination of any deaths from cancer--remains a distant dream. But, with hope, the numbers of deaths can be reduced to much lower levels than those of today...
...women between 20 and 65 (and those under 20 who are sexually active), the Pap test for cervical cancer need be done only once every three years (after two negative tests a year apart), instead of once a year...
...daughters should be cautious. They should have regular pap tests. However they should not be frightened out of their wits by unthinking medical advice. Judith...