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...1/16 of an inch of the brain stem. He placed a wire under both lamina--the bony covering of the spinal cord. He took bone from Reeve's hip and squeezed it down to get a solid fit between the C1 and C2. Then he put in a titanium pin the shape of a tiny croquet wicket and fused the sublaminal wire with the first and second vertebrae. Finally, he drilled holes in Reeve's skull and passed the wires through to get a solid fusion...
Today's Olympics are reminiscent of a labor-union picnic: sack races, rolling-pin-throwing contests, you name it. We should return to the classic Olympics, to the original Greek concepts--wrestling, swimming, track and field--and forget the embellishments. ROBERT E. DAEHN Sanford, Florida...
Last Friday the FBI released its own report admitting that it and the White House had committed "egregious violations of privacy." But while the report spread the blame equally between the two sides of the copy flow, director Louis Freeh seemed to pin it mostly on the Clinton camp. "The prior system of providing files to the White House relied on good faith and honor,'' he said. "Unfortunately, the FBI and I were victimized." Agent Aldrich has refused to provide details about his own allegations, but that may happen as early as next week when William Clinger, chairman...
Science may never be able to pin down the benefits of spirituality. Attempts by Benson and others to do so are like "trying to nail Jell-O to the wall," complains William Jarvis, a public-health professor at California's Loma Linda University and the president of the National Council Against Health Fraud. But it may not be necessary to understand how prayer works to put it to use for patients. "We often know something works before we know why," observes Santa Fe internist Larry Dossey, the author of the 1993 best seller Healing Words...
Your article on Boorda focused on the medals he wore and the controversy over whether he had the right to wear the "V (for valor) pin." The V device signifies heroism, gallantry and courage. There can be no confusion about whether it should be worn because the criteria are stated in the orders for the award. Retired Admiral Elmo Zumwalt's statement, "I certainly would have told him to wear it," is inappropriate. It is not left up to the individual to choose what devices should be worn as awards and decorations. That is why the orders state exactly what...