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...order of Sylvester Stallone just won't flv, for all intents and purposes. There's a thin line between innocence and sophistication, and it is there that Raiders manages to remain balanced. The movie is ostensibly about the search for the lost Ark of the Covenant, a mystical vessel rumored to hold the remains of the tablets of Moses and possessing an awesome power. The year is 1936, and the U.S. government has learned that Hitler, a fanatic about the occult, has a team of storm troopers led by the opportunistic French archeologist Belloq, searching for the Ark. To counteract...
...simply reassured Japan that it was not violating the agreement. Now, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Mike Mansfield has again advised Tokyo that the U.S. is honoring its commitments. Suzuki cites his own proof: since the U.S. has never asked for the "prior consultations" required for admitting a nuclear-armed vessel, he concludes serenely that "no nuclear weapons have ever been brought into Japan...
...would be bed rest, oxygen and drugs to prevent such complications as arrhythmias and heart failure-but the heart attack would run its course." With this new technique doctors try to interrupt the attack by feeding a narrow tube through an artery in the groin into the blocked coronary vessel and injecting a drug called Streptokinase, which can dissolve the clot within an hour. Says...
...larger tube and centered in the plaque-narrowed area. The balloon is inflated for several seconds, flattening the plaque against the artery walls and opening the passage. Dr. Andreas Grvintzig at Emory University, who developed the experimental technique, says it unblocks arteries in 90% of attempts. If the vessel narrows later, as has happened 10% to 15% of the time, the procedure can be done again. Researchers estimate that 5% of those who are candidates for bypass operations might be treated just as effectively-and more quickly and cheaply -by balloon angioplasty...
...raises his feeble but valiant arm in a salute to the values of the Old South that is being displaced by the New. The throngs who jam the box office may not care. They have booked passage on the QE3, and on its maiden New York voyage that redoubtable vessel will be in full sail till Labor...