Word: posteriors
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...most important artery, the posterior tibial, was destroyed for a length of several inches and was beyond repair. The smaller anterior tibial artery had lost only 1½ inches. By taking out splintered bone and shortening the leg slightly, the surgeons were able to pull the two ends of the artery together. Then they drilled through the bone above and below the fracture and inserted four stainless-steel pins; they held the projecting ends of the pins together with steel bars and surgical screws. With everything firmly in place, Dr. Byers and his assistant finished the delicate task of repairing...
...knee in intimate detail. "This knee," said the Pentagon, "has had the medial meniscus [cartilage] removed; it is a knee which shows that the patient has a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament; it is a knee that has pathology on the lateral side, most likely a torn posterior third of the lateral meniscus with osteoarthritic changes." It was, the report concluded, O.K. for Joe to play football, where "he is closely watched and professional assistance is close at hand." But in Viet Nam, where "the life and safety of his comrades could depend on Namath's performing...
Next, the doctors rejoined the posterior tibial artery; it was 51 hours after the injury that blood began to flow back into Liang's foot. The anterior tibial artery and three veins were quickly rejoined, muscles were sutured, the Achilles' tendon was repaired, nerves were retied, and a 130-sq. cm. skin graft was laid over the torn-up area around Liang's ankle. The entire operation lasted eight hours. The skin graft survived, and within two months the replaced foot was well enough to begin physiotherapy...
...Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, whose strategy apparently is to make it impossible for Pearson to govern. Diefenbaker set out to filibuster the flag to death. The Conservatives tore into the new flag as an insult to the "mother country," tagged it "Pearson's pennant," compared it to "the posterior of a bikini," a blanket for a race horse, a trademark for soap flakes...
...Bette Davis claims that when she won this award in 1935, she nicknamed it "Oscar" in honor of her husband, Harmon Oscar Nelson, whose golden posterior resembled that of the statuette. After immortalizing charmin' Harmon, Bette won another Oscar, three more husbands...