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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Some gynecologists blame blocked Fallopian tubes (which carry eggs from the ovary to the uterus) for infertility in 26% to 50% of their cases. Not so, says Dr. Stallworthy. He found "apparent blockage" in 21.6%, but reduced that to 12.8% by such antispasmodic (relaxing) drugs as nitroglycerin, later lowered the rate to 9% in a smaller series of cases. Some of the blocking reported by other doctors is due, he thinks, to temporary spasms caused by their own instruments. Spasms caused by emotions may cause blocking in other cases. He suggests: "Is it not probable that a woman may deprive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Fertility Fantasies | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

...fixing the blame for sterility, too many doctors (most of whom are men) still ignore the male's role. Dr. Stallworthy found defective male secretions at fault in 35% of his cases, defective ovulation in only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Fertility Fantasies | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

Thus, since the early '303, N.A.M. has "opposed; never did it lead . . . The ready willingness of the Association's policymakers to lay the blame for all social and economic ills at the feet of other groups or institutions offers further evidence of the narrow base from which the Association has operated . . . The extreme conservatism of the N.A.M. ... is reason for real alarm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: Target: N. A. M. | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

...jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little Senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While Wits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: BORN TO WRITE | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

Tart Rebuttal. The Kremlin thought this over for several days, then invited Smith back to receive Molotov's reply. After a self-righteous rehash of Soviet policies and a charge that the U.S. was to blame for everything wrong with the world, Molotov leaped delightedly through the "open door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Baited Hook | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

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