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...flushed them out in six weeks," says Randy Mankin, editor and publisher of the weekly El Dorado Success, circulation 1,200. Sitting in an old office chair amidst an archive of yellowing newspapers and modern computer equipment, he says the massive construction at the Red Cheek site sparked suspicions. When the paper checked Allred's Utah connections, it discovered that the men were in Eldorado to set up a large gated compound for the Fundamentalist Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a religious group that believes in "celestial marriage" - polygamy. The FLDS admitted to town leaders they...
...Eldorado remained focused on the FLDS. The local paper, the Success, has been key to keeping it in the news. When Mankin and his wife Kathy (who is the office manager and reporter - their son covers sports) bought the paper in 1994 they were committed to covering hard news. The FLDS story became a steady feature on the paper's pages. "It's four miles from our front door and our job was to educate the readers," Mankin says. The paper did more, uncovering FLDS plans for compounds in Colorado and South Dakota long before other, bigger media, and offering...
...other bones, but replacing an entire knee, a procedure that has been tried on and off since the turn of the century, is especially tricky. Reason: doctors have not been able to save the sensory nerves that monitor the complicated three-dimensional movements of the knee. Explains Dr. Henry Mankin, chief of orthopedics at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston: "The nerve supply to the joint is crucial. If the nerves are lost, the mechanisms necessary to control the joint are not operative." In the past, attempted whole-knee transplants have resulted in the gradual degeneration of the joint, necessitating...
...Chicago's Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. The once frozen ligaments and tendons may not properly hold the knee together, and the original cartilage may fail to cushion it from shocks. "I would wait at least a year to proclaim success," he adds. Even so, says Mankin, "I'm all for it. If Schmidt has solved the problems of this operation, I'll be doing it next week...
...cases I've read, by far the majorityare cases where a manager is presented with aproblem," said Eric D. Mankin, who received hisHarvard...