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...solution is scalp-reduction surgery, which can shrink a bald spot the size of a palm to the width of a finger. The procedure, developed about eight years ago in Canada, is performed in a doctor's office under local anesthesia. The plastic surgeon or dermatologist makes an incision in the crown and then tugs firmly on the scalp, pulling hair-covered areas from the sides of the head toward the bare area on top (see diagram). A section of the bald scalp is cut away, and the incision is closed with stitches. The 60-min. procedure...
...piece, rather than in two as are other bobs, and they were much narrower than normal, with dramatic fins that jutted from each side of their noses and flanks. These allowed the sleds to meet the letter if not the spirit of the regulation that requires a minimum width of 34 in. Other sleds also have stubby finlike projections at the nose to stabilize the machine, and while those on the cigarskis appeared to be larger than normal, it was their added flank fins that stunned other sledders. Critics cautioned that the innovative fins could cause a careening...
...complacent about the New Mexican who addressed the liberal Americans for Democratic Action in Los Angeles last week. "The hands that pick our lettuce, the hands that pick our cotton, are the hands that can pick the next President," thundered Governor Toney Anaya. "I will travel the length and width of this great nation as many times as I have to to ensure that Ronald Reagan is retired...
...Bradley is a behemoth, so wide that it cannot readily fit into the standard C-141 military transport plane; it has to be partially disassembled. Its 5½-in.-thick armor adds some protection, but on the battlefield, critics charge, the vehicle would be a death trap. Its width and excessive height (10 ft.) offer an inviting target to enemy gunners. At times it even has to be a stationary target: the Bradley must come to a complete stop to fire its antitank missile. Its 25-mm gun also has a problem: it is said to be highly inaccurate...
...little success in producing further changes until another pre-Christmas legislative rush in 1974. At that time, once again making the very best of a bad situation, it traded the 55 mile per hour speed limit for an increase in weight to 80,000 lbs., an increase in width to 102 inches, and an extension of the length limit to 65 feet--allowing truckers to operate the longer tandem trailers. It was a healthy exchange, but unfortunately for the industry, 14 states with lower limits exercised the option of maintaining the prior restrictions...