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Taylor, 51, has taken the rich vocabulary of dance, from the spine-straight balletic pas de deux to the earthbound dynamics of Martha Graham, and shaped it into a shifting and special language. He is the J.R.R. Tolkien of his form, and like the fabulist creates works too elaborate to please the avant-garde and too impudent for purists. In short, Taylor remains one of the most accessible of choreographers...
When bunnies are killed in the class, students are taught to press their thumbs into the back of the rabbit's spine to kill the creature as humanely as possible, according to Edgar Young, animal science department chairman. "If slaughter can be humane, this is the most humane way to do it," he added...
...Spine-straightening electricity...
...decades, the standard way to straighten out a child's curved spine was with a bulky back brace. Worn for up to eight years, it was not a pleasant prospect for the 25 out of 1,000 American teen-agers (90% girls) afflicted with spinal curvatures, or scoliosis. For those with severe curves, surgery often was required. It too had its unpleasant consequences, sometimes including nine months' confinement in a hip-to-chin plaster body cast...
...patient's back over the convex side of the spinal curve. An implantable model has three electrodes that are buried under the skin. A bedside transmitter is used to trigger a pulsing current five or six times a minute. This stimulates muscle contractions that gradually pull the spine into line. Though the devices are still experimental, they appear to be as effective as bracing. Reports Boston Orthopedist John Emans: "Patients are delighted because they can look and act like other youngsters during the day." Some are so enthusiastic, in fact, that they flaunt their hardware. Notes Dr. Walter Bobechko...