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...John Gunther, 61. ubiquitous author of Inside books, with phlebitis, at Harkness Pavilion, Manhattan; Mamie Eisenhower, 66, after removal of a benign tumor (lipoma) from her neck, in Walter Reed General Hospital. Washington, D.C.; Baritone Nelson Eddy, 61, hospitalized by pulmonary congestion with viral infection, in Framingham, Mass...
...could claim in all fairness that James exhibited a manic-depressive tendency. But, as his biographer Ralph Barton Perry notes, a potentially dangerous proclivity became transformed into a benign trait in the total, integrated personality. The extreme variability of moods gave James a quick sympathy for both tough-minded physicists and tender-minded religionists, guilt-ridden prophets and buoyant natural...
Back of all his research is the question that Dr. Moore asks himself: What is surgery? He answers that. "Surgery has assumed responsibility for the entire range of injuries and wounds, local infections, benign and malignant tumors, and many of the pathologic processes and anomalies which are localized in the organs of the body. The practice of surgery is the assumption of complete responsibility for the welfare of the patient suffering from these conditions." The statement ranges widely, but surgeons defend it jealously...
...holiday at Palm Beach. But then came word that a small steel company had announced a price hike (see U.S. BUSINESS). Kennedy postponed his leavetaking, called in Administration officials for consultation, finally came out with a statement that, compared to his savage 1962 assault on U.S. Steel, seemed downright benign-and gave the stock market a general lift. Then the President and a few friends jetted to Florida...
...redeemed for years to come. Contractors whose earnings reach $69,000 a year are taken over, or forced to accept joint participation by the government. Wiped out are the great landowners; farm holdings are now limited to 100 acres per family. This form of socialism is benign enough. It leaves most of the nation's commerce in private hands and does not affect the overwhelming number of small farmers, who own far less than 100 acres...