Word: throughs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cormack took the first step. A native of Johannesburg, South Africa, he became intrigued in 1956 by the difficulty doctors had in obtaining X-ray pictures of the brain. Because the cranium is so thick, they could make an X-ray beam "see" an abnormality only by injecting a patient...
Neither winner seemed prepared for the honor. At a hectic press conference, a stunned Cormack tried to describe his life. Said he: "I've always been in my little ivory tower and I'd like to get back to it." Hounsfield, a reticent bachelor whose ideas often come...
Like Woody Allen, with whom he is sometimes compared, Brooks, 40, finds his humor in remembered pains. His parents broke up when he was very young, and he grew up as the loneliest boy in North Bergen, NJ. "You remember that kid," he says. "You probably beat him up a...
Most of the staples of burlesque are in Sugar Babies. The attempts at strip tease are pretty stripless, but there are consolations even in that sector. In a tribute to Sally Rand, Barbara Hanks and the entire chorus manipulate their lushly feathered fans with the trancelike motion of peacocks performing...
Columbus, greeted by the peaceful Arawaks on Hispaniola, was immediately warned about the man-eating Caribs on nearby islands. The conquistadors reported that the Aztecs butchered victims, ate the flesh and fed the entrails to zoo animals. Henry Morton Stanley said he was beset on all sides by savage cannibals...