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...nationwide abortion debate. Some attempted to make a martyr of Edelin, who is black. Others supported his accusers, who were, as it turned out, only public prosecutors doing what they considered a distasteful job. Few understood the controversy or viewed the personalities with objectivity. Dr. William Nolen, the Litchfield, Minn., surgeon who first won a national following with his 1970 book The Making of a Surgeon, was one of those...
...credit limits so tight that dealers in Boston are being given as little as five days to pay for shipments. At the same time, unpaid bills from lallygagging consumers are piling up as never before. "I got more customers out 90 days than I care to talk about," says Litchfield Oil Co.'s Ken Knight of Lowell, Mass. For all of New England's 2,200 fuel oil companies, unpaid accounts are running from 17% above normal for larger dealers up to a ruinous 38% for small operators. Since October, 26 dealers have been forced...
Despite the pressures on them, most fuel and utility companies are willing to strike a deal with dilatory customers. But with fuel consumption running 20% ahead of normal in some areas and costs soaring, the bite remains real enough. Says Litchfield's Knight: "It's a real dog-eat-dog winter...
...patient. He was William A. Nolen, M.D., author of the 1970 bestseller The Making of a Surgeon, a startlingly candid behind-the-scenes account of his surgical apprenticeship at New York's Bellevue Hospital, and other popular books. Not one to miss an opportunity to publish, the articulate Litchfield, Minn., surgeon has now made the most of his unfamiliar position at the other end of the scalpel. In a new book titled Surgeon Under the Knife (Coward, McCann & Geoghegan; $8.95), Nolen tells an exciting life-and-death story-his own-and also provides useful insights that should help less...
Richard K. Beebe Litchfield, Conn...