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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suggested "reducing the constant loud shrieking to lower moans and an occasional modified shriek." At other times they took the stern approach, telling Howard Hughes he was forbidden to make the gangster film Scarface. The producer's response, in a memo to director Howard Hawks: "Screw the Hays Office. Start the picture and make it as realistic, as exciting, as grisly as possible." Within four years the Hays system was kaput, and a new, tough Production Code was installed. Overnight, Hollywood movies went from jazzy to genteel...
...like throwing baking soda on a grease fire in the kitchen but forgetting to turn off the burner. Under normal circumstances, blood vessels in your body will last about 100 years. The extra wear and tear from high blood pressure makes them brittle before their time. Then cholesterol deposits start to build up over the damaged sections, restricting blood flow even more. The bottom line: high blood pressure can be every bit as lethal as high cholesterol...
...flash across our Milky Way galaxy? Without a doubt, says Nobel laureate Charles Townes, who first suggested lasers as a tool for interstellar communication nearly 40 years ago. Adds Werthimer: "They may have stuff out there we couldn't even dream of." O.K., E.T., never mind the phone call. Start blinking...
...should he keep quiet? Because once you start answering, you're never going to be able to stop. Cocaine? How many times did you do it? Where? Who was your source? (That person might still be at large!) It's like an elevator that has no down button. It just gets higher and higher...
...going the way of Marcus Welby, the tide of medical specialization may be turning, at least in California. A survey of medical schools for the years 1993-98 found that graduates entering primary-care residencies rose, from 45% to 54%. An encouraging sign, but don't expect doctors to start making house calls again...