This traction on the retina, which is painless, sends a sensation of light to the brain that we see as flashers. People typically describe these as non-colored sparkles of light in one corner of the field of vision, usually affecting one eye.
South Carolina Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond celebrated his 100th birthday in the U.S. Senate in December 2002; New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg is the oldest current U.S. senator; he is to turn 89 next month.
Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history, woke up on Christmas morning to what he seemingly thought was a flattering editorial about him in Utahâs local paper, The Salt Lake Tribune, which named him the âUtahn of the Year.â