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...heart pumps in patients, one of whom survived for 13 days. But last week's operation differed from the previous ones. Kantrowitz's new pump is not only more advanced than earlier assist mechanisms, but because of a specially developed inner coating, it is less likely to trigger the blood-clotting problems that plagued earlier implants. Therefore it has a better chance of remaining in the patient indefinitely. Hence it could offer new hope for patients with intractable congestive heart failure...
...trouble arises not from relationships with people but from such fears as claustrophobia, Wolpe urges his patients to learn to relax. First, however, the patient is reassured: "You are not mentally ill, and there is no danger of your going insane." Then he is questioned about the situations that trigger his anxiety, and the triggers are ranked according to intensity. After the sufferer has been taught to relax completely-through muscular exercises -he is asked to imagine the least frightening trigger: in a person who fears death, it may be the sight of an ambulance. If he becomes frightened...
...volley, then left by his would-be executioners when he fell and played dead. But it became evident that the King was meant to be spared. At one point cadets burst into his sanctuary and ordered him outside with the other surviving guests. A young soldier, nervously fingering the trigger of his rifle, took Hassan aside Alone, he kissed the King's hand. Hassan was astounded. "We are cadets of the military school of Abermoumou," the young man explained. "We were told that there was a plot under way aimed at the King, that the royal palace had been...
...Hair Trigger. Prodded by community groups and convinced that the attack did indeed occur, Commissioner Frank Felicetta, an up-from-the-ranks hardliner, ordered his men to muster for the lineups more than a year ago. They refused, and unsuccessfully fought the order all the way up to the Supreme Court. The delay took its toll. At least three cops said to have been elsewhere during the incident were reportedly among the ten identified by the witness victims. That may well undermine the other identifications, which are to be used only in departmental disciplinary proceedings. No cop is likely...
Radioactive Leaks. Specifically, the committee and its seven co-plaintiffs (including the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, and SANE) claim that the blast may trigger "a succession of earthquakes" (fault lines run from Alaska through Southern California), tsunamis or earthquake-produced tidal waves of "unpredictable size and direction," contaminate the surrounding ocean with radioactive materials and leak poisonous debris into the atmosphere...