Word: andersen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...There Magnus Andersen, 41, a stocky, white-haired Norwegian, stood by with a 12-ft. steam-driven saw. "The winch pulls head right dead in front of my saw," as Andersen describes his work. "I say 'Woh!' when the part I want for first cut is opposite my blade. It is just behind the middle of head. I turn down saw, zuff-zuff, then I stop saw. nip in quick and grab the gland-messy purple and hard like rock-on edge of brain. I grab, twist and pull like hell...
...gland that calls forth Magnus Andersen's specialized skill is the pituitary, whose function was unknown in Melville's day. Today medicine knows the pituitary as a master gland in the body's complex and delicately balanced hormonal system; it secretes, among others, the master hormone ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone), which regulates activity of the adrenal glands astride the kidneys...
Died. Jean Hersholt, 69, veteran Hollywood character actor, best remembered for his kindly radio portrayal of Dr. Christian; after long illness; in Hollywood. A sometime painter, book collector and translator (a complete English version of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales), Danish-born Actor Hersholt became one of filmland's best-loved personalities...
...Disneyland (Wed. 7:30 p.m.. ABC). Cartoon versions of tales by Aesop, La Fontaine, Andersen and the Brothers Grimm...
Disneyland (Wed. 7:30 p.m., ABC). Fantasyland, featuring Aesop, La Fontaine, the Grimms and Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales...