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...number of ways, Bri and Sheila are British cousins of Virginia Woolf's George and Martha. Like George, Bri is a teacher; like Martha, Sheila has been promiscuous and may still be. Along with an abrasively ironic war of words, both couples play games of cut-throat tomfoolery. At play's end, Bri tries to kill Joe-a child who is almost as mythical as the imaginary son in Woolf-and when that fails, he leaves his wife. An original in its own right, Joe Egg owes no dramatic debt to Albee's masterly play-yet both...
There were many complications. Kasperak had worked in a fume-filled steel mill, had been a heavy smoker and, as a result, his lungs were leathery. They could not exchange enough oxygen to keep him going. So an incision was made in his throat and a tube inserted to supply oxygen more efficiently and to remove mucus. Kasperak's big chest was rigid; other organs showed little tendency to close in around the small heart, and the cavity filled with fluid. His liver and kidneys had been damaged by a shortage of oxygenated blood...
Then Blaiberg hit some snags. When he developed a sore throat, his doctors were relieved to find no evidence of bacterial infection. They decided that a virus was to blame and prescribed a simple gargle. Next, too much fluid accumulated in the sac around Blaiberg's new heart, as may happen after cardiac surgery of any type. This necessitated puncturing the sac to drain it. After that, Blaiberg said he felt much better, and the doctors felt confident enough to reduce his already moderate doses of immunosuppressive drugs...
...That would mean putting out a paper much like the one envisioned by the New York Times before it gave up the idea. As one Daily News editor puts it: "The Times's biggest problem was that by aiming at the quality market it was cutting its own throat." The News does not face that dilemma...
...students at one school were absent. Still, U.S. health officials refused to blame the wave of illness specifically on Asian flu. Weeks of lab testing are necessary before flu viruses can be isolated and identified. And the symptoms of Asian flu-three to four days of fever, coughing, sore throat, aches and pains-are also indicative of any number of respiratory infections...