Word: retinas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...camps -- those who like despising it and those who dislike loving it -- are unsurprised whenever Roberto Duran or George Foreman comes back again. But they wonder how a bright person as prosperous as Sugar Ray Leonard (Ray Charles Leonard, namesake of a blind man) could return from retirement and retina surgery to fight Marvin Hagler at any price. "Ray doesn't spend in a year what his investments earn in a year," says Leonard's attorney, Mike Trainer. "It isn't money. Boxing is what gets him up in the morning. It's what he is, and there's nothing...
Thatcher, who had surgery for a detached retina in 1983, remains in vigorous overall health. Within hours of the operation she was studying government papers. Said one aide: "Anyone who thinks she'll cut down her work load doesn't know Margaret Thatcher...
...blocking angiogenin, on the other hand, doctors might not only stop the growth of tumors but perhaps prevent blindness in diabetics, a complication that results from the abnormal growth of capillaries in the retina. A possible bonus: tests for angiogenin in the blood or urine could provide early warnings of cancer...
...that year, Chalmers returned to his home in Alberta. He continued to play some hockey until he injured his retina while working on an oil rig in western Canada...
When former Welterweight Champion Sugar Ray Leonard, 27, began training for a comeback match with Kevin Howard in Worcester, Mass., boxing fans were both ecstatic and uneasy. Leonard had been forced into retirement in 1982 because of a detached left retina. Fearing that he might damage his sight during the fight, scheduled for Feb. 25, the Massachusetts Boxing Commission barred Sugar Ray from entering the ring until he had been okayed by an ophthalmologist. Acting on the results of that new eye examination, Leonard last week underwent a preventive procedure to protect his right retina. This started a fresh round...