NEWS LITE : ACTOR'S GALLSTONE MADE INTO RING.Larry Hagman has a jewel of a gallstone gallstone: see gall bladder. gallstone Mass of crystallized substances that forms in the gallbladder. The most common type occurs when the liver secretes bile with too much cholesterol to stay in solution. . After having several gallstones Gallstones Definition A gallstone is a solid crystal deposit that forms in the gallbladder, which is a pear-shaped organ that stores bile salts until they are needed to help digest fatty foods. removed during his liver transplant liver transplant Hepatic transplant Transplant surgery A procedure that replaces a cancer conquered, metabolically defeated, or substance subjugated liver with one no longer required by its owner, many of whom donate same after an MVA Diseases requiring transplant in 1995, Hagman sent them to artist Barton Benes who made one into a ring. ``He has a great sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour ,'' Benes says in the Feb. 7-13 TV Guide. The artist who collects inane celebrity objects also has a surgical staple Surgical staples are specialized staples used in surgery in place of sutures to close skin wounds, anastamose bowel or portions of lung. A more recent development, from the 1990s, uses clips instead of staples for some applications; this does not require the staple to penetrate. from Hagman's transplant and the keys to his dressing room from ``Dallas.'' Benes also has a throat lozenge that President Clinton threw out in an ashtray before a television interview, a pencil chewed by Geraldo Rivera and a lock of Mary Martin's hair. Chaplin character honored postally Charlie Chaplin's ``Little Tramp'' has his very own postage stamp. A 32-cent stamp immortalizing the silent film legend's best-known character was unveiled Saturday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. . Undersized undersized see dwarfism, runt. and shabbily dressed, the mustachioed mus·ta·chio also mous·ta·chio n. pl. mus·ta·chios A mustache, especially a luxuriant one. [Ultimately from Italian dialectal mustaccio, mustache; see mustache. comic character was created in 1914. The tramp's flimsy bamboo cane and signature tottering penguin walk helped make Chaplin an early cinematic icon. ``The museum is proud to host an event that pays tribute to this great film artist and reminds the American public of his talent and comedic genius,'' said Ian Birnie, film programs director at the art museum. The ``Little Tramp'' was the 27th of 30 commemorative stamps honoring major historical figures, places, events and trends from each decade of the 20th century. ``Chaplin, with D.W. Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, established United Artists Studio, which helped make Los Angeles the film capital of the world,'' said city Postmaster postmaster - The electronic mail contact and maintenance person at a site connected to the Internet or UUCPNET. Often, but not always, the same as the admin. The Internet standard for electronic mail (RFC 822) requires each machine to have a "postmaster" address; usually it is Al Iniguez. King `X-Files' script given plot implants Dear Mr. King, thank you for your interest in ``The X-Files.'' You may be the dean of horror fiction, but we regret that we cannot use your script at this time. Good luck with it elsewhere. The rejection didn't quite happen that way, but Stephen King did work up a script for an episode of the creepy Fox television show that was first sent back by producer Chris Carter for revisions, then was rewritten completely. ``Chris is a real gentleman, but basically he came back to me and said, `This isn't what we wanted,' '' King says in the Feb. 7-13 TV Guide. The rewritten episode is scheduled for broadcast Feb. 8. King admits he liked his version better but granted that Carter's was fine work as well. Despite the editing disagreement, King plans to write another script for ``The X-Files'' this year. Groundhog to set odds for spring Balmy weather in February made it seem like spring was not far off. But the final word on that is expected today when Punxsutawney Phil emerges from his lair near Punxsutawney, Pa. If Phil, a groundhog, succeeds in not seeing his shadow at sunrise, then spring is right around the corner. But the whiskered meteorologist and his predecessors have seen no shadow just 12 times in 111 years, leaving some locals to hope he'll lie if things turn out otherwise. ``He can say he doesn't see his shadow,'' Marty Dunlap of Greenville said. ``Or, it's six more weeks of winter.'' Records from the National Climactic Data Center in Asheville, N.C., show Phil's accuracy rate since 1980 to be about 59 percent. But this could be a no-shadow year, since an average February day in Punxsutawney hovers around 26 degrees - about half of Sunday's balmy 50. Folks take the rotund critter seriously in Punxsutawney, 80 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Store after store along the 6,800-population town's business district overflowed with shoppers Sunday. Even the town's chamber of commerce opened for retail, selling racks of clothes and trinkets. High school students hawked T-shirts on street corners. Cash registers rang up the sound of Phil-mania. ``The town has capitalized on it,'' said Bill Fusco, president of the Punxsutawney Lions Club. ``If this wasn't the Sunday before Groundhog Day, you wouldn't see a car parked along here.'' Groundhog Day is rooted in a German superstition that if an animal casts a shadow on Feb. 2 - the Christian holiday of Candlemas - bad weather is coming. What German settlers started in Punxsutawney 112 years ago, the top-hatted members of the Groundhog Club's Inner Circle continue when they pull Phil from a custom-made burrow at Gobbler's Knob, a wooded hill south of town. For the rest of the year, Phil and his companion, Phyllis, live in luxury - a heated hutch hutch 1. standard cagelike accommodation for rabbits. 2. light, movable cabin for calves or pigs; to provide shelter and warmth for animals at pasture. hutch burn at the town's library. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Attaboy at·ta·boy interj. Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or man: Attaboy! That's the way to hit a home run! [Alteration of That's the boy!.] With a sense of accomplishment seeming to beam from handler and dog, Laurie M. Jordan and Akiko's Skywriter This article refers to the Jackson 5 record. For the meaning of someone who flies an aircraft to form letters of smoke in the sky, see skywriting. Skywriter could be described as a turning-point record for The Jackson 5. of Pride, a 5-year-old Akita, relish the moment of victory. The Akita, a breed of dog originally from Japan, won Best of Breed at the 88th Annual Golden Gate Kennel Club Kennel Club the principal body for maintaining stud books and registering purebred dogs in Great Britain. Dog Show at the Cow Palace in Brisbane, Calif., on Sunday. Associated Press (2) HAGMAN |
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