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To the death. Fights can last ten or fifteen minutes but just as often end in seconds.

A bit of quiet encouragement before the fight. The cocks are teased by their handlers and then released to fight it out on their own.

Cockfighting is the national sport of the Philippines. Men gather in back alley arenas to try to double their money in one fight. Some cocks, imported illegally from Oklahoma, are bought for as much as $7,000.

Back in the ambulance, Starzl catches five minutes sleep after a grueling day.

In the O.R., Starzl readies the donor organ and then inspects the diseased liver. Having pioneered the transplant, Starzl now trains others to perform the actual surgery.

Upon arrival at Allegheny County Airport, Starzl and Dr. Oscar Bronsher rush the liver toward a waiting ambulance.

Dr. Thomas Starzl is the world’s pioneer and foremost practitioner of liver transplant surgery. En route to North Carolina to pick up a donor liver, Starzl calls the O.R. in Pittsburgh instructing other doctors to begin surgery.

In front of the U.S. Embassy, a woman prays for those missing and presumed killed by the government.

Students gather in front of the presidential palace which, of course, is heavily fortified.

Student protestors call for the ouster of strongman, Ferdinand Marcos, as well as removal of American military bases.