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...those with sight to refrain from touching. "There's a big difference between the way blind and sighted people touch things," said one museum official. "The hands of the blind come down gently and slowly, like butterflies, while sighted people plunk their hands onto an object and rub...
...bitter last week about the President's charge that they had acted out of regional prejudice. The first evidence of the practical impact of these strained relations could possibly come when the Senate takes up Nixon's plan to expand the ABM program. The animosity did not rub on the House of Representatives last week, where Nixon's pioneering reform of the nation's welfare policies passed handily with a bipartisan majority, 243-155. But the drive in the House by Southern Democrats and Republicans to impeach Justice William Douglas (see following story) looked like...
...lanky visitor sat barefoot on a straw mat in a Kyoto restaurant, eating raw fish with chopsticks, he was approached by a comely geisha who offered to rub his tired back. With great aplomb, Britain's Prince Charles doffed his jacket and accepted a brisk massage, then responded with a heartfelt "Arigato [thank...
Behind His Back. When a hip joint is damaged, the ball of bone at the head of the femur may rub against the roughened surface of the socket in the hip proper (see diagram), causing severe and immobilizing pain. Replacing the head of the femur with a stainless steel ball (just under an inch in diameter for the average patient) is relatively easy. The difficulty is to secure the ball to the femur. In early operations, the shaft holding the ball was screwed into the femur. Charnley was dissatisfied with the method because the shaft sometimes came loose. A dentist...
...tiny rooms near the stalls. "This is a 24-hour-a-day job," he began. "We get here at 4:30 in the morning to feed and water the horses. After their exercises, we have to wash 'em, cool 'em, and brush 'em. Then we do 'em up. We rub their legs and bandage 'em with cotton and wraps. At 10:00 we feed and water the horses again. Before the race in the afternoon we get 'em ready. Then we wash 'em and walk 'em after each race. Feeding time might go up till...