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...meet the demands of TV. With all the talk of "electronic journalism," the show itself will have more to live up to this year: ¶ To brief the delegates and alternates-the real actors in the convention drama-and give them an idea of the camera's X-ray powers, CBS last month aired two (one for each party) closed-circuit "orientation broadcasts" to 167 affiliate stations, showing how TV plans to cover the conventions. Top commentators urged delegates to be "natural and sincere," warned that the relentless camera catches not only the impassioned oratory but private mutterings...
Bach for Percussion (New York Percussion Ensemble conducted by Harold Glick; Audio Fidelity). Four familiar Bach organ works rapped out on the numerous wood, skin and metal objects of a modern percussion department. The result has the effect of an X-ray photograph of a flower-barely recognizable, eerie and oddly fascinating...
...committee was shocked to discover, is being currently expended on medical ", and dental X rays, which have the same effect as gamma rays from radioactive sources. A dental X ray may give .005 r to the gonads, and general fluoroscopic examinations may give 2 r or more. The committee suggests that doctors and dentists should go easy with X rays. Patients who read the committee's report (especially those who intend to have more children) will surely think twice before they permit prolonged X-ray treatment for any ailment...
Seven hundred and fifty-three freshman had defects revealed by the bite-wing dental X-ray. Of these, 135 had defects in urgent need of treatment if they were to avoid loss of teeth. All 1030 freshmen X-rayed received letters from the department indicating whether they needed treatment and the urgency of their case. About 70 members of the class failed to have X-rays or had defective ones...
...X-ray examination is only part of a dental examination. A leaflet recently released by the Hygiene Department suggests examination by a dentist at least once a year as an effective means of detecting decay...