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...traditionally enjoyed an electoral advantage on "values," the Democrats showcased it with a prime-time convention speech by the well-known medical expert Ron Reagan. Message? On the one side are the forces of the good, on the verge of curing such terrible afflictions as Parkinson's, diabetes and spinal-cord injury. On the other are the forces of reaction and superstition who, slaves to a primitive religiosity, would condemn millions to suffer and die. Or as Reagan subtly put it, the choice is "between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology...
...film's co-director Joe Berlinger, alluding to "monsters of rock," the band's popular moniker. "We put that in there for Metallica fans, but I worry it's going to give other people the wrong idea." Indeed, from the title you might presume the movie is a Spinal Tap-ish diary of the world's best-selling heavy-metal band as it plays exotic locales, worships Satan and has sex with groupies on giant piles of cash. Actually, the film is a chronicle of Metallica's group-therapy sessions. "It's very emotional," says Berlinger. "You watch this family...
HOSPITALIZED. ANWAR IBRAHIM, jailed former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia; for a worsening back condition; in Kuala Lumpur. After complaining that he'd lost feeling in his left leg, Anwar was rushed from prison to the hospital, where medical tests diagnosed kidney, nerve and spinal damage. Anwar's family is lobbying the government to let him leave Malaysia for treatment in Munich. Anwar is awaiting the result of his final appeal on a controversial 1998 conviction and nine-year prison term for sodomy...
...film's co-director Joe Berlinger, alluding to "monsters of rock," the band's popular moniker. "We put that in there for Metallica fans, but I worry it's going to give other people the wrong idea." Indeed, from the title you might presume the movie is a Spinal Tapish diary of the world's best-selling heavy-metal band as it plays exotic locales, worships Satan and has sex with groupies on giant piles of cash. Actually, the film is a chronicle of Metallica's group-therapy sessions. "It's very emotional," says Berlinger. "You watch this family tear...
...rays. Clients of Total Health Screening, in Sydney's east, are scanned from head to pelvis by a $A1.4 million computed tomography (CT) machine. A procedure that takes about 40 sec. produces 870 images of the internal organs. Freilich analyzes the images for signs of illness, specifically heart disease, spinal abnormalities and cancer. One X ray of Don's left kidney stunned Freilich. "What the hell is that?" he said aloud. Freilich had spotted a tumor that, at the press of a key, he measured at an enormous 8 cm in diameter. Freilich phoned his friend. "Would you like...