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Thallium sulfate (the inexpensive salt of a metal akin to lead) was used by some dermatologists as late as 1940 to make a patient's hair fall out-which made it easier to treat ringworm of the scalp. After such treatment hundreds of patients became ill, and scores died. Thallium salts were shunted from the medicine cabinet to the poison shelf. In 1957, the Texas legislature cut the allowable dose of thallium sulfate in a rat-poison mixture from 3% to 1%; the U.S. Department of Agriculture did the same in 1960. But even the weaker mixture is dangerous...
...tradition, chose not an administrator but a scientist: Professor Karl Winnaker, 59, who spends his spare time writing books on chemistry. "You don't need a hobby if you choose the right profession," says Winnaker, who proudly carries five dueling scars on his face and keeps his scalp shaved except for a few wisps in the middle. As a respected scientist, he has been awarded the Federal Republic's second highest civilian decoration, frequently represents West Germany at international nuclear conferences...
...wigs (made exclusively of imported hair, often from the peasant women of Italy) are fashioned on delicately tinted, skin-colored fabric or fiber-glass base, and are carefully matched in color and texture to the customer's remaining locks. The whole thing is generally affixed to the scalp by a couple of pieces of centrally stationed tape plus a smattering of adhesive cement around the edges. The new hairpieces are so firmly anchored that they can be worn in the shower and even to bed, although neither practice is recommended. "But then I wouldn't sleep...
...fired several shots at Hoffa with a BB pistol, pinked Jimmy's hide with a few pellets. Tough little Jimmy went fiercely after his assailant, planted a dandy right on his jaw; a Hoffa crony then kicked the would-be assassin. The man required 14 stitches in his scalp, was taken away to jail. Taking this incident as evidence of "hostility" against their client, Hoffa's hopeful lawyers swiftly moved for a mistrial. But it would probably take more than BB shot to derail the case against Jim Hoffa...
After Tory defeats in two by-elections and reduced margins in three more, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's political enemies once again were crying for his scalp. Emboldened by its own gains in the votes, Labor sharpened its criticism of Macmillan's government, and even critics among the Tories themselves now referred to the onetime "Macwonder" as "Mr. Macfail." This made good chatter in pubs; but by-elections are hardly representative of a whole nation's mood. In any case, the Tories would not have to call a general election until 1964. Until then, Macmillan could fall...