Word: beene
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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In their research to avoid surgery, Grimson and associates found an answer in banthine, a new synthetic drug which they had been testing on high blood pressure. Banthine, taken by mouth in tablet form four to six times a day, has the same effect as cutting the vagus nerve; it...
Many doctors believe that the common cold is caused by a virus. Dr. Leon T. Atlas of the U.S. Public Health Service has been so sure of it that since 1947 he has been growing a sub-microscopic bug that seemed to be the guilty party. At Bethesda, Md. he...
Last week Dr. Atlas sadly announced that his virus had flown the coop. When, where or just how it got away, he could not say. There might have been a power failure at the incubators. Perhaps it just died.
Since late September the hearings before FCC in Washington's chastely paneled Department of Commerce Auditorium have been crowded with TV experts, near-experts, publicity men, lawyers, Congressmen and corporate presidents and vice presidents. Witnesses spouted reams of technical testimony. Some witnesses were branded as liars, and their motives...
CBS, on the other hand, has gathered behind it a head of political steam. Its color sets have toured the U.S. The brilliantly colored pictures have been seen with enthusiasm by thousands of influential citizens who say: "We've seen color television with our own eyes. It's...