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...brushed a filament of stereo speaker wire or touched the tip of a thorn. The needle was so fine and flexible that if not in the hands of an expert, it would have bent when meeting my skin rather than sticking. The next sets of needles went into my wrist, chest, abdomen and lower neck. I had been a pin cushion for 20 minutes before he at last applied his needles to the area I needed treated...

Author: By Michael Stein, | Title: Doctors on Pins and Needles: Acupuncture Reaches the West | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

...have an outrageous number of suicides for a community our size," says Laurie Pfaelzer, 19, of Glencoe, who knew one student who slit his wrist and two who ran their cars into trees. "Growing up here, you're handed everything on a silver platter, but something else is missing. The one thing parents don't give is love, understanding, acceptance of you as a person." Adds Isadora Sherman of Highland Park's Jewish Family and Community Service: "People give their kids a lot materially, but expect a lot in return. No one sees his kids as average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Suicide Belt | 9/1/1980 | See Source »

Although beset by injuries to All-Ivy forward Don Fleming (ankle) and next year's co-captain guard Tom Mannix (wrist) in the first two contests, the Crimson acquitted itself well, losing a couple of tight see-saw battles...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: From the IAB to the PRC | 7/4/1980 | See Source »

...played unbelievably well," senior captain Charlie Santos-Buch, who missed the end of the season with a broken wrist, said yesterday. "I'm not disappointed...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Crimson Nine Falls in NCAA Regional | 5/27/1980 | See Source »

...sinking her teeth into a "character with bite." For Green Ice, a film about murder in the emerald trade that pits her and Ryan O'Neal against Villain Omar Sharif, Archer had to master a loaded gun. "I did well," she laughs. "I learned to hold my right wrist with my left hand, bring the pistol up and shoot right away. My teacher was surprised." And doubtless gave her a blank look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 26, 1980 | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

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