Allen, Rick

Figure 1.1 Rick Allen, the drummer for die rock band Def Leppard, lost his arm in an automobile accident. He reports that, at the time of the accident, he did not feel any pain. Preventing the feeling of pain under extreme circumstances is just one of the mysteries of the brain and the body.

Bradman, Mel. Best of Times, Worst of Times Rick Allen."... 

Volume 22 introduces one of us, David Allen, as a new Senior Reporter, although not as an author since David has contributed to Organophosphorus Chemistry since volume 7. David replaces John Hobbs, who we thank for all his hard work, not only as Senior reporter but also as author of the "Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids" chapter. We have been fortunate in persuading Rick Cosstick to take on the formidable task of writing this chapter and we welcome him. Unfortunately we have again not been able to include the "Physical Methods" chapter but we hope to do so next year. 

See, for example, Rick Allen, The Moving Pageant A Literary Sourcebook on London Street-life, 1700-1914 (London and New York Routledge, 1998), pp. 106-7. 

District of Columbia City Council members Carol Swartz, Sandy Allen, and Cathy Patterson intervened on my behalf as did my AFGE union officials Eric Bunn and Lola Reid. My later boss, Rick DuBose, favorably reviewed this work, and Elizabeth Berry removed a gag order on me allowing me to talk about the AUES. 

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