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Only then was it possible to turn to the actual job of repairing the extensive damage: multiple wounds in the small intestine, in the lower part of the colon (large intestine) and in the mesentery (the tissue that holds the intestine to the rear abdominal wall). The doctors apparently removed two damaged sections of the small intestine and one of the large intestine, then sewed the ends back together. The surgeons also performed a temporary colostomy, rerouting the colon through a hole they created in the abdominal wall. A colostomy allows wastes to be collected in an external bag, giving...
...Block of his open-road hours as a long-distance runner. Ruminating and running, Block, 46, looked as cool as an Illinois-grown cucumber as he glided across the finish line of the 85th Boston Marathon in 3 hr. 6 min. 49 sec. Still, Block was well to the rear of Toshihiko Seko, 24, a compact Japanese import who set a U.S. marathon record of 2:09:26, and New Zealander Allison Roe, 24, who came from down under and well back in the pack of 6,845 runners to set a new women's course record...
...little tragedies," admits the director, "but also some nice surprises. At least people know how I feel, how I'm seeing them." The company, at first apprehensive, rallied around Misha when they realized that he was fair. Says Corps Member Robert La Fosse: "Misha gets people off their rear ends. At practice he says, 'Whoever does this step best gets the role.' He means...
...Gear down," reported a chase jet, buzzing alongside and counting off the altitude: "50 feet . . . 40 . . . 5-4-3-2-1-Touchdown!" As its rear wheels made contact, the flight director in far-off Houston told his tense crew: "Prepare for exhilaration." Nine seconds later, the nose wheels were down too. Columbia settled softly onto the lake bed. Young had floated the shuttle along 3,000 ft. beyond the planned landing spot, able to use its surprising lift to make a notably smooth touchdown. As it rolled to a stop through the shimmering desert air, The Star-Spangled Banner rattled...
...Carl Bernstein in the newsroom of the Washington Post a few hours after the police found a strange collection of characters at the Watergate. (Actually, Watergate was a regular soap opera of the fortuitous: if one of the burglars had not stupidly left tape over the latch of a rear door, the night watchman might never have discovered the caper and Congress might never have investigated and the White House tape system might never have been revealed and Richard Nixon might never have resigned.) Luck was the invisible hand that prompted Skylab to scatter its debris over Western Australia...