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Regular self-examination, say physicians, is the best way to find the disease early. The exam should be performed after a warm bath or shower, when the scrotal skin is most relaxed. The telltale sign is a lump the size of a pea. Doctors caution that a lump does not necessarily mean cancer, but it should be reported promptly to a physician and checked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Testes Test | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

...spite of the advice given in Debrett's Etiquette and Modern Manners [July 6], the technique for the proper way to eat a pea can be found in these lines remembered from grammar school days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 27, 1981 | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

Having photographed every NASA lift-off since 1959 and shot more than 90 per cent of the Time-Life photos, Morse says, "I've seen America's space program go from pea shooters to cannons, and now taxicabs and pick-up trucks, and every step has been a big one. I feel so close to the launches--it's impossible to judge which has been bigger than the next...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NASA Officials Predict Shuttle Success | 4/10/1981 | See Source »

Glicklich contends that in the eleven months from her first visit to Golub until doctors finally performed a biopsy in July 1979, her cancer had grown from the size of a pea of that of a melon and had become inoperable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Husband of Cancer Patient Testifies | 2/6/1981 | See Source »

...remarkable resemblance to the original Olive. Tall and awkward, her loose outfit and clodhoppers emphasize her rubber-legged shapelessness; the wishy-washy, quavering voice ring true. The other characters are instantly recognizable--but that's it. Comic-strip depth does not suffice for a full-length movie. Swee'pea (Altman's grandchild, incidentally) is an exception--a uniquely expressive and, of course, cute baby...

Author: By Jared S. Corman, | Title: More Spinach, Less Altman | 1/6/1981 | See Source »

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