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...shedding of unwanted and unprofitable divisions and the wholesale trimming of excess employees. A highly visible case was CBS, whose board of directors dumped Chairman Thomas Wyman in September and installed as acting chief executive the company's largest stockholder, Laurence Tisch, a conglomerator known for wielding a sharp scalpel. At CBS, Tisch proceeded to sell off publishing divisions, lay off hundreds of employees and chop such perquisites as limousines and company-subsidized birthday parties...
...lower-leg amputation with the help of an untrained assistant. Though the operation was reported, it took the state board of medical examiners six months to investigate and nearly three years to revoke Lopez's license. Meanwhile, Lopez took a standard route out of trouble: he packed his scalpel and moved to another state...
...Beautiful Laundrette, his film debut, playwright Hanif Kureishi uses a sharp ironic scalpel to cut through the bleakness of the nasty South London setting. He gives us humour and a solid plot along with a sturdy and valuable lesson. A quick and scantily budgeted effort, Laudrette grapples with several major conflicts: between immigrants and natives, different generations and sexes, and even pairs of brothers...
...Nick and Honey grow to be old hands at George's and Martha's form of verbal warfare/lovemaking through a series of parlor games: Humiliate the Host, Get the Guests, Hump the Hostess, and, finally and most deadly, Bringing Up Baby. None of the characters is spared by the scalpel of these not-so-playful plays. Father-killing, mother-killing, baby-killing--all are dredged up for common consumption...
...thousands of other Americans are benefiting from an ingenious union of computer and video technology that enables clients and customers to see how they will look with reshaped features, restyled cosmetics, the latest suit or a new head of hair--all before they commit their flesh to the scalpel or their cash to a purchase. The new systems are easing the qualms of prospective cosmetic-surgery patients, making life easier for their doctors and boosting sales in department stores nationwide...