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...Fashioned Virtue. As Nixon's running mate in 1960, Lodge was accused by party pros of not going all out in campaigning. His version is that he was properly pacing himself to sooth an ulcer and avoid the fatigue that too often produces reckless campaign statements. Again, no matter: another political defeat afforded Lodge the chance for even more disinterested public service-his two separate stints as U.S. Ambassador to Viet Nam, first for Kennedy, then for Johnson...
...spider scurries away, the cause is often unsuspected. At first the venom causes only a stinging sensation, without much pain. Two to eight hours later, the pain may become intense, accompanied by nausea, joint pains, severe abdominal cramps and fever. The wound blisters, is surrounded by a hemorrhage. An ulcer may develop, followed by gangrene. The venom appears to contain a spreading factor, for the wound tends to enlarge in a downward direction...
Penchant for Hiding. The healing time, nearly always prolonged, is in proportion to the size of the ulcer. In some cases, because of the gangrene, the entire wound has to be excised. Even in less severe cases, a skin graft may be required to close it. Without such plastic surgery, victims are left with "a hole in the leg," rather like a bullet hole. Dr. Dillaha's team recommends that when doctors do suspect a brown recluse bite, they give the patient a heavy injection of a cortisone-type hormone, and repeat it, in stepped-down dosage, every other...
...house with movies which they themselves imported. Their company, Janus Films, was the first to import Fellini, Antonioni, and Bergman. Last year, they sold Janus Films (for quite a handsome profit) partly because they were being squeezed out by the big companies, and partly because buying films was "an ulcer business." "You had to make your decision two minutes after you saw the film, and you never knew whether it would go in America," said Harvey...
Hundreds of boats sounded a salute, and dock cranes dipped in tribute as Sir Francis Chichester, waylaid the past month by a duodenal ulcer, at last sailed Gipsy Moth IV up the Thames to the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, where he was formally knighted by Queen Elizabeth with Sir Francis Drake's sword. Later, the solo circumnavigator rode a white Rolls-Royce convertible through London's financial district to the cheers of 250,000 fellow Britons. "You personify the spirit of initiative, adventure and determination," London's Lord Mayor told Chichester at the official city reception...