Word: american
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cancer research at the Medical School got a $100,000 boost from the American Cancer Society, the society announced yesterday. It did not disclose whether or not there would be restrictions on the expenditure of the money...
...Rochemont was determined to carry the suit up to the U.S. Supreme Court. He had pledges of cooperation from the Motion Picture Association of America and the American Civil Liberties Union. It was true that in 1915 the U.S. Supreme Court had found the fledgling movies a vehicle of entertainment rather than, opinion, and had upheld state censorship laws as no violation of freedom. But only last year, in another opinion, the Supreme Court observed that the movies were clearly entitled to the Constitution's protection of free press...
Never Dies is loosely knotted together by a narrative that does its best to supply a romantic strand (India harbors a gorgeous American girl who has got herself into hot water by marrying a Siamese prince). But the fruity, feathered hat of glamorous romance is not one that sits comfortably on the head of ex-Missionary Margaret Landon. Her virtues are the warmth of her religious faith and the frankness with which she discusses such delicate matters as jealousy and rivalry among missionaries. The general result is too honest and heartfelt to be scoffed at, but too artless to make...
...hostile blood types caused by the mysterious Rh factor.† Even with the most modern treatment, the best that doctors could hope for in such cases was to hold the death rate down to 20%. Last week, after listening to a pessimistic summary of these facts, doctors at the American Academy of Pediatrics convention in San Francisco heard some unexpected good news. Dr. Louis K. Diamond of Boston Children's Hospital rose from the audience and said quietly: "I would be remiss if I did not report some new developments...
...seven organizations that the Combined Charities Committee consider solely dependent upon student support are: the World Student Service Fund, providing support for members of European universities, the National Scholastic Service and Fund for Negro Students, the American Field Service International Scholarships, the Salzburg Seminar, PBH, and the Student Council...