Word: spine
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...determine the deformity's extent. X-ray examinations showed that the incomplete twin consisted of a second pelvis fused to the front of Enrique's own pelvis, plus a partial extra bladder. The pictures also disclosed that the growth was not connected to Enrique's spine or nervous system; indeed, Enrique had never been known to move or show feeling in the appendage, though it made up one-quarter of his weight. But doctors still had no way of knowing until the operation itself how much of Enrique's circulatory system was connected to his deformity...
...sculptures, one construction by David Brown, entitled "Voodoo Totem," completes its theme by manipulating the new dimensions of natural textural irregularities. The assemblage's central spine is a splintered railroad tie, onto which are hammered small colored pieces of wood and pottery. Minus the cartoon face painted atop the structure, it is a pleasing, although perhaps accidental, piece...
...while the first issues of Rags, by necessity, grope around a good deal in search of their thing, there is a real identity crisis that sends shivers through the magazine's stapled spine. For you don't aspire to be a successful, national monthly without being driven to drink the same polluted waters on which the competition thrives. February's Special Report on Boutiques and Hip Capitalism posed the question quite succinctly...
...steel himself to the charms of Asmaa, daughter of his trustworthy Saudi Arabian assistant? As she served Saber fish soup, "her dress had an outrageously low neckline; her shoulders were bare almost to her breasts. Mourad was not made of wood; he blushed and a shiver went down his spine. 'Asmaa,' he said sternly, 'you lack reserve...
Shepard and his fellow moon walker, Ed Mitchell, shared that view. In a televised news conference from space, they insisted that their spine-tingling climb up the side of 400-ft.-high Cone Crater was not overly fatiguing and that it was cut short 100 yds. or so from the crater's rim only because time was running out. But they still seemed to disagree on one point. Mitchell, who had wanted to continue the hike over Shepard's protestations, said the rolling, boulder-strewn terrain made it extremely difficult for them to keep their bearings. "You simply...