Contrary to science fiction and movies, the surgery did not make Culp look like the donor.
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For Palin, the choice to stay in office until July 26 seems capricious, Culp notes.
The class of 2013 also included a pair of senior selections, Curley Culp and Dave Robinson.
As Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby said, this was a people's war, and everyone was in it.
Researchers have determined that Culp's brain accepts the new face, based on activity in key brain areas.
They tucked the scars around Culp's ears or underneath her eyelid, where they would not be visible.
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The buzz and bucolic scenery drew furniture maker Stephen Culp, 38, to Chattanooga from Palo Alto in 2001.
Culp, now 49, is able to smile, frown and talk, and her speech is easily understood, Siemionow said.
One of Microsoft's senior managers, Scott Culp, wrote that full disclosure of security problems is like shouting "Fire!"
The doctors at the Cleveland Clinic analyzed Culp's injuries using CAT scans and developed plastic models of her skull.
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After monitoring Culp's progress, doctors say they will remove the excess tissue and tighten her jawline in future surgeries.
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Ronald Culp, a partner at the public relations firm Ketchum, in Chicago, agrees that an apology must come without hesitation.
"You need to pick a date that people will see as a normal transition date for an executive, " Culp says.
Siemionow, who led the surgery, said Thursday doctors at the hospital have been seeing Culp on a monthly basis since the transplant.
When it came time to move the donor's parts to Culp, they had to see that the donor and recipient parts aligned.
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Culp thought of Chattanooga, where he'd lived from age 7 to 11.
They secured the bones into Culp's face using titanium plates and screws.
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"He was pressed on something, and he totally lost it, " Culp recalls.
Connie Culp knew of the Cleveland Clinic's interest in face transplants and approached the medical staff, doctors said at a news conference Tuesday.
Connie Culp received the first near-total face transplant in the U.S. She was injured by a bullet in 2004 when her husband shot her.
When Ronald Culp was running the public relations operation at Sears a decade ago, an executive blew his stack in a meeting with 30 employees.
This may seem like a detail, but Ketchum partner Ronald Culp says it's also helpful to make the actual date of succession a logical one.
Culp was a defensive stalwart for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1960s and '70s, and also played for the Houston Oilers and Detroit Lions.
Culp met with the hospital's surgeons, ethical committee members and psychiatry and psychology specialists who determined that she was an ideal candidate for the surgery.
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He flew to Europe and demanded a raise, which triggered rumors that the producers would resort to a plastic-surgery twist to replace him with Robert Culp.
Connie Culp of Ohio also represented a face transplant milestone, receiving a transplant of more than 80% of her face at the Cleveland Clinic in December 2008.
One is another defensive tackle, Curley Culp, who made six Pro Bowls during his 14 seasons between 1968 and 1981 with the Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers and Detroit Lions.
And "Repulse of General Johnson's Division by General Geary's White Star Division" depicts the seven-hour battle for Culp's Hill, a piece of strategic high ground that was basically the last thrust by the Confederate forces against the Union right flank.
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