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Garakani bluntly explained the Ilizarov bone-stretching surgical procedure, developed in the Soviet Union to correct dwarfism, which Dr. Victor Frankel, president and head of orthopedic surgery at Manhattan's Hospital for Joint Diseases, intended to introduce into the U. S. The shin, thigh and upper-arm bones would be cut clear through, leaving only the bone cavity and the marrow intact. A special frame, with steel pins going through the bone on each side of the cut, would keep the pieces in line and allow them to be pulled apart a millimeter a day. New bone would form...
...Gaza Strip, United Nations relief workers and Arab hospital officials said soldiers opened fire yesterday at protesters outside a school in Jabaliya refugee camp, wounding 14-year-old Diah Ahmed Jaber in the left thigh...
...least part of the hyperbolic hoopla, however, was fashioned by the skaters and their determined entourages. In the days leading up to the final competition, controversy erupted over Witt's outfits, notably a blue costume that some thought was sliced provocatively high along the thigh. "We're here to skate in a dress, not a G-string," huffed Manley's coach, Peter Dunfield. Witt met the commotion with calm. "We wear costumes that enhance the music," she said. "Why shouldn't we stress what is attractive?" But the flap seemed to give Witt and her coach second thoughts...
Since the Pudding stage is so small that there are always two too many players, and since the action is non-stop, any show's most memorable performances are those of the actors with the largest polyurethane chest plates or the dresses cut furthest up a thatched thigh. There just isn't time for niceties like character development...
Four Arabs were wounded by gunfire, including a 10-year-old boy shot in the right thigh and a 17-year-old shot in the chest, according to officials at Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. A fifth Palestinian was shot in both legs in a separate protest in Gaza City, said officials at Shifa Hospital...