Word: skulls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...good, dirty, if not particularly original fun. Skull-faced Jack Palance comes off as one of the most improbable-looking masterminds in the annals of crime, and Van Heflin is solid as the vengeful detective who turns out to have heart. But Thiefs best value is in the minor roles: John Davis Chandler, an ash-blond menace with a voice like a stripped gear, who seems to have difficulty getting his plum-size eyes open; Zekial Marko (who also wrote both the book and screenplay) an engaging loser who would obviously do anything to anybody; Tammy Locke a fearsome moppet...
Invisible Damage. Many neurologists are now convinced that whiplash, without a direct blow on the head and leaving no scratch on the skull, may nevertheless cause bruises and hemorrhages in the brain...
...International Congress of Neurological Surgery, just concluded in Copenhagen, doctors from all over the world reported with alarm on the difficulty of diagnosing head injuries. "Among the problems," said Baltimore's Dr. A. Earl Walker, "is that one-third of all patients suffering from blood clots inside the skull have no symptoms of them. We have developed highly technical means of determining whether there is a blood clot, and then locating it, but this needs expensive equipment which is not generally available, as well as expert personnel. It can't be done in every small town...
...young mechanic was hit on the head when a car slipped off a jack, but he did not become unconscious or even dizzy, went right back at work underneath the car. That evening he lost his dinner and seemed dazed. At the hospital, no mark was found on the skull, so surgeons had to drill holes in it and search for the trouble. They discovered a mass of blood and drained it. The mechanic eventually recovered his mental alertness but, four years later, he still has only limited use of his right...
...founder of Owegbe, No. 2 man in the provincial government and, as a proud Beni, a natural opponent of Chief Osadebay. Witnesses told Justice Alexander that Omo-Osagie led Owegbe rites in his own home-grandly titled Osana House-in Benin City, even mixed Owegbe potions in a human skull. Second in Beni eyes only to the Oba of Benin-the titular ruler of the Benis-Omo-Osagie denounces the investigation as a plot to reduce the Benis to political impotence: seven of the province's 20 Cabinet ministers have been named by witnesses as members of the cult...