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Brief Exposure. Though the laser is a complex mechanism, its application is relatively simple. Inserting a tube that gives them line-of-sight access to the vocal cords, the surgeons aim the laser through the passage by means of a binocular microscope and a tiny beam of normal white light. After zeroing in on the target growth, the surgeon then steps on a foot pedal that opens a shutter on the laser and allows the infra-red laser beam to strike the diseased tissue for as little as one-tenth or as much as one-half of a second...
...confidently told me that he had pushed so many coarse bills through the hundred dollar window that he needed his binocular case to carry away all the tickets. He felt that the race was in the bag, and he was proved eminently right...
Amstel toyed with the leaders for a mile and then in the last furlong turned in a stretch run that was more than adequate. He then took his binocular case full of tickets to the hundred dollar cashiers and watched them push a bundle of coarse bills at him--his original investment plus their many happy new companions. He then bid me adieu and strolled to his Merceds in the Aqueduct parking lot and vanished into the Long Island mist...
...whole valley, it is possible to locate small details when viewing the films on a machine similar to a microfilm reader. The reading machine also prints 12 by 18 inch reproductions of individual frames. For those really interested in the terrain, there is a Bausch and Lomb binocular microscope that makes the image look three-dimensional...
...fact the Russians so far have failed to persuade any of the countries along the Mediterranean, including Algeria and Egypt, to permit them to build a full-fledged naval base. But even without such bases, the Soviets now drop anchor all along the rim of the Mediterranean and sail binocular-to-binocular alongside the allies. The Russians muscled into the Mediterranean, says U.S. Rear Admiral Richard C. Outlaw, "in a concerted attempt to alter the balance of power in this area." It is to keep the balance even that this week Outlaw, whose name the Italians have happily translated...