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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first signs of neurofibromatosis usually appear in childhood: small, brown skin discolorations known as café au lait spots. Later, neurofibromas-ugly but benign skin tumors that can grow to look like brown cauliflower-may form anywhere on the body, particularly on the back, chest and abdomen. In severe cases, the body is eventually covered by thousands of these tumors. Some may develop internally, attaching to the brain's acoustic or optic nerves and other vital tissues. Another, rarer manifestation of the disease is "elephant skin," large hanging folds of epidermis...
Plastic surgery often has to be repeated over and over. Lynne Ann Courtemanche, 35, of Manhattan, has spent 18 years undergoing surgery on her face and body; the tumors are removed as soon as they appear. For Courtemanche, president of the National Neurofibromatosis Foundation, the continuing ordeal is preferable to no treatment at all. She recalls seeing, at 17. a picture of John Merrick. Says she: "I thought, 'This is what I'll look like in a couple of years.' I didn't really know if I wanted to live that long...
...unfortunately for Harvard and indicative of its plight this year, these teams appear fairly even on paper. The battle is for the cellar: Harvard at 1-6 (1-4 Ivy), riding a six-game losing streak against Penn at 0-7 (0-5 Ivy), losers in its last...
...FAMILY ROMANCE by Michael Korda Random House; 498 pages; $15 ''Always go to the best hotel and eat at the best restaurants-and sooner or later someone will appear who will give you money.'' -Alexander Korda
...other city, there would be a lot of yelling and screaming over White's refusal to debate Timilty on television. But in Boston, only Timilty is yelling--and not loud enough. White has even refused to appear on the same platform as his challenger. "What we don't want are joint appearance which are going to use the mayor's prestige to bring Joe Timilty publicity," says Stephen Crosby, the mayor's campaign manager. And people have actually bought this line. All the Boston Globe could gurgle is that White "does not lack for chutzpah...