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Sport of the seventies officially ended with the Super Bowl last night. Rod Laver no longer slams serves. The Juice no longer darts through defenses and Joe Namath no longer flings footballs. Pele is in an office. Say Hey is in the Hall. But Gordie skates...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: The Great Gordie Skates On | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

...admit that no names of Bradshaw's or Greene's caliber dot the L.A. roster, but the Ram secondary of Rod Perry, Pat Thomas, Nolan Cromwell and Dave Elmendorf is the best anywhere. The front four sacked opposing quarterbacks 52 times--second in the league this year. Wendall Tyler gained only 50 yards less than Franco Harris, and averaged almost a yard more per carry...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Don't Count the Rams Out | 1/16/1980 | See Source »

...normal erection results from a complex interaction of forces. Mental or physical stimulation sets off a series of nervous reflexes that increase blood flow to the penis. As the blood fills the corpora cavernosa, two rod-shaped bundles of spongy tissue running the length of the organ, the penis expands, becoming hard and erect. But the sexual response is fragile; it can easily be disrupted by emotional or physical problems (some, like an excess of alcohol, temporary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Aiding Nature | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...other physical causes-and for those whose problem is psychological in origin and is not helped by therapy-two kinds of penile implants are available. In one operation, which takes about an hour, an incision is made in the penis or just behind the scrotum and a semirigid silicone rod is inserted into each of the corpora cavernosa. Another technique is to implant only one rod between the two structures. The most popular device, developed in 1972 by Urologists Michael Small and Hernan. Carrion of the University of Miami School of Medicine, has a somewhat inconvenient result: a permanent erection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Aiding Nature | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Potency does not come cheap. Rod implant surgery runs around $3,500, including hospitalization; for the inflatable prosthesis the cost can go as high as $9,000. Despite the expense, which some medical insurance does not cover, the operations are becoming increasingly popular, and doctors performing them say that implanted men are among the happiest patients they have ever seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Aiding Nature | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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