31.   Instead, many women with silicone gel implants were clamoring to have them removed amid reports they might be unsafe.

32.   Last year, the Institute of Medicine confirmed that silicone implants did not cause major diseases.

33.   Lebovic said the controversy surrounding the older silicone implants has raised the awareness of health issues involved with the procedure.

34.   Lawyers representing women who have silicone breast implants have expressed outrage at the ad, which, they contend, was a blatant attempt at jury tampering.

35.   Liberace died before Viagra was developed, so he responded to sexual dysfunction by installing a silicone implant.

36.   Like many men who have a testicle removed, he had decided he wanted it replaced by a silicone implant.

37.   Lawyers for Dow Corning Corp. walked into a bankruptcy court last Monday seeking shelter from hundreds of thousands of injury claims filed by women who received silicone breast implants.

38.   No cosmetic surgery has been more controversial than the silicone breast implant.

39.   Once the government agency had acted, thousands of women with silicone implants turned to the courts to pursue personal-injury cases.

40.   Recent studies from such institutions as the Mayo Clinic and Harvard University have questioned whether silicone implants do, indeed, cause disease.