Word: scalps
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...stunt must have gone bad, huh?" Knoxville has a blood-soaked gauze tourniquet wrapped around the top of his head and is wearing a pink bathrobe; he looks like a cross-dressing Civil War re-enactor. He needs half a dozen or so stitches to the back of his scalp but decides to leave the hospital when the doctors refuse to let the surgery be filmed. As he signs himself out with a shaky hand, he looks up at the receiving nurses and asks exactly what document he's signing. "Autographs for us," one says. "Can you do this...
...that is also the subject of disputes, is a procedure known as brain fingerprinting (see box). The principle behind the technique is that when the brain processes an image it recognizes (as opposed to one it has never seen before), it emits distinct electrical impulses that are detectable by scalp sensors. A positive response to a photo of a crime scene may mean a suspect was there before; a negative response may help confirm an alibi...
...adding that if she were stoned, "I'd barely be able to have a conversation with you." Aniston likes this game, and soon she is recalling all the outlandish things she has read about herself. "Also," she says, "I don't crush aspirin into my shampoo for my flaky scalp...
...causes dandruff," says Bruce Robinson, a dermatologist and spokesman for the American Academy of Dermatology. "That's the frustrating part." Fungus may be the root cause, says Robinson, or it may simply be "a bystander" that likes to hang out with big clumps of skin cells. Inflammation of the scalp or excessive oil secretions may also play a role. For each theory, there's a remedy. Products like Head & Shoulders, Nizoral A-D and Selsun Blue have compounds that fight fungus. Neutrogena's T/Gel contains a purified tar that slows down the scaling process and reduces inflammation. And some dermatologists...
...radical faction of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. His attempted murder was part of a conspiracy to kill tourists in Jerusalem in order to attract international attention to their cause; the group would claim three victims in the coming days. David was lucky. The bullet went high, grazing his scalp, and he recovered quickly and completely. Laura, meanwhile, struggled to find a way to come to terms with what she later called “my first brush with evil...