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...Saint Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton waited six months before accepting the military's invitation while staff members debated whether they would be making nuclear war more feasible by participating, said James Kerrigan, the hospital's chief of staff...
...Irish tune was in the air. It shrilled and banged from the oriental instruments of an outlandish procession. First on a white charger rode Pandit Motilal Nehru, President of the Indian National Congress, followed by 20 elephants magnificently caparisoned. Next came famed Mahatma Gandhi, a wizened, self-starved little saint, wearing as his only garment a skimpy loin cloth-the most adored and potent man in India...
...Cage aux Folles is a Saint-Tropez drag club run by Georges. Its star performer is the incredible Zaza, who, when he takes off his dress and wig, is also Albin, Georges's lover for 20 years. Years ago, just to see what all the heterosexual fuss was about, Georges (Gene Barry) spent a few hours of passion with a showgirl. From that brief union came a son, Jean-Michel, who has lived ever since with Georges and Albin (George Hearn) in an apartment next door to La Cage...
...group's experiment is "that there is much more capacity for response to brain injury than previously thought." The same conclusion has been reached by researchers who have regenerated nerve fibers in other parts of animals' brains as well as in their spinal cords. At Saint Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., for instance, Neuroscientist William Freed has treated rats with fetal cell implants to relieve symptoms resembling Parkinson's disease in humans. The implanted cells are capable of producing dopamine, a vital brain chemical lacking in the afflicted rats and in Parkinson's patients. Such techniques...
Single women living with their parents are among the most conspicuous consumers. They outfit themselves with imported designer ensembles, including Louis Vuitton handbags ($750), Hermes scarves ($166) and Yves Saint Laurent shoes ($133). Japanese women also spend heavily on traditional dress. An upper-middle-class woman may own 25 kimonos with a total value of at least...