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...canal. Equally important is training more cadres, and that will take time. At present there are 22,838 trained men and women in the field, and by year's end, another 20,000 or so will join them. But at least 440,-000 will be required to blanket every province...
...even more extensive operation for heart-disease victims who have blocks in two or three coronaries. In addition to implanting the mammary artery, Dr. Vineberg now opens the heart sac and removes all of its inner layer (the epicardium). Then he wraps the heart in what amounts to a blanket of tissue that is rich in blood vessels. To get this material, he cuts through the diaphragm and takes out a 6-inch by 10-inch piece of the omentum, the apron of fat that lies over the intestines. Dr. Vineberg closes the diaphragm incision and wraps the omentum around...
...virtual disappearance of oldtime network radio programming has effectively driven local stations into high-class performance. There is nothing that radio does not supply to someone, somewhere. Foreign-language broadcasts blanket some urban areas with an endless variety of information and music. Detroit's WJLB, for example, runs programs in twelve foreign languages, including Arabic and Maltese. Hundreds of stations keep the turntables spinning on AM and FM, providing baroque and Beatle, Cliburn and country music. There are advice shows and talk shows, and, most notable of all, there is great emphasis on news coverage. And, unlike TV, radio...
...NCAA is an athletic association and can concern itself only with athletes. The intent of the NCAA is pure enough; it merely wants to prod the academic stragglers among its members. And being a national body, the NCAA has no way to accomplish this goal except through blanket legislation for all its members...
...alone. The family soon learned why. From relations in Greece, a letter arrived, telling how Vlachos had lured his daughter-in-law into a Salonika hotel room and raped her. In the poverty-stricken hill towns of Greece, where whole families are sometimes forced to sleep beneath the same blanket, incest and related affairs are not unknown, nor do these proud but ignorant people turn to the law to deal with such delicate matters...