Word: thigh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...poorest taste award" went to the raft "Quivering Thigh," whose crew, in a last-minute effort to gather poorest taste points, exposed themselves to spectators standing on the Weeks Bridge...
LIMBS. Artificial thigh bones made of titanium and other modern alloys are being developed, primarily by Japanese surgeons. Dr. Yasuto Itami, of Tokyo, recently designed and implanted a titanium and polyethylene thigh bone that can be precisely adjusted to fit the patient when it is installed. Other orthopedists are using cords of woven Dacron-which is chemically inert and thus will not trigger an immune response -to repair or replace damaged tendons. Dr. William Harrison Jr. of Tulsa, Okla., uses Dacron tubing to repair separated shoulders; the material forms a scaffolding or framework upon which new ligament can grow...
...convicted child molester in Connecticut's state prison at Somers reclines on a treatment table with an electrode wired to his upper thigh. Whenever pictures of naked children are flashed on a screen, he gets stinging shocks in his groin. At the Iowa Security Medical Facility, inmates who commit infractions like lying or swearing are given a shot of apomorphine, which brings on violent vomiting for 15 minutes or more. Intractable convicts transferred to the maximum-security Michigan Intensive Program Center near Marquette are put into solitary confinement for most of the time and can only "earn" better living...
Hardesty Park is a naturalistic comedy, more subtle than a full blown farce or a thigh slapping burlesque. It's a delicate and good-humored satire, the type of play that fits in nicely with the new wave in dramatic taste here. Many students, tired of the riddles of absurdist pieces or the flamboyance of outrageous gut-splitters have come to appreciate more comfortable, less taxing plays, in which authors clearly intend to provide audiences with an evening of thoughtful levity...
...costs differ from hospital to hospital. The male-to-female operation, which costs from $3,000 to $5,000, is by far the easier and more satisfactory. After amputation of the penis and testicles, an artificial vagina is created, using scrotal or penile tissue or skin grafts from the thigh or hip. Because the penile tissue is still sensitive, male-to-female transexuals may experience orgasm, though of course pregnancy is impossible...