Word: steels
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they say, could not add much to private industry's expertise in exploration and production. At the same time, oilmen raise the specter of socialism. "What comes next?" asks Frank Ikard, head of the American Petroleum Institute. "How about a Federal Livestock Corporation? Or a Federal Iron and Steel Corporation...
...speeds revving up to 30 m.p.h., Parent begins a familiar ritual: he knocks his stick on his skates, moves a few feet up ice to the edge of the "goal crease," reaches back to tap the top of his stick and the end of his glove against the steel goalposts to get his bearings, drops to a crouch, and challenges the shooter to make the first move. He also flips to the right page in his mental book on players and recalls data on their habitual skating patterns. In the second or two that all this is going on, Parent...
Merely being able to look back over her shoulder brings great satisfaction to Debra Tietz, 19, a beautician in Cottage Grove, Minn. For nearly seven years, she could not bend her neck or back: her torso was held rigid from the chin to the pelvis by a cumbersome steel and leather brace. Debra was the victim of scoliosis, or abnormal curvature of the spine. The brace, which she was finally able to discard last year, not only straightened her back but may well have saved her life...
...scoliosis victims, some form of corrective device -usually a Milwaukee-brace* is prescribed. The brace consists of a girdle that fits around the hips and three vertical bars that attach at the top to a neck ring and throat mold. Early models -made of leather and steel, and quite heavy-have given way to lightweight aluminum-and-plastic versions that are still neither attractive nor comfortable. But they do work, redirecting the growth of the spine to help it to grow straight. "Shoe lifts and exercises alone are not proper treatment for progressive scoliosis," says Dr. David B. Levine...
Instant Growth. In more advanced cases, surgery is necessary. The most common operation for scoliosis was developed about ten years ago by Houston's Dr. Paul Harrington, and is now performed on about 80% of all patients requiring surgery. Doctors implant thin steel rods next to the spine, placing them over the bone and under the back muscles. The rods, which are attached to the vertebrae with metal hooks, are then tightened-much like a set of orthodontic braces-to force the spine to straighten. At the same time, the spine is fused to give it additional strength. Patients...