Word: block
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...method is called paravertebral sympathetic nerve block. It is sponsored by Dr. Shiras ("Skipper") Jarvis of the University, who is now somewhere in the Pacific with the Navy. Procedure: wait until labor pains are seven minutes apart then block the nerves which conduct pain from the uterus to the brain. This is done by inserting a needle beside the lower spine and injecting a local anesthetic (usually procaine, a cocaine substitute) into the nerve channel which serves the uterus. As labor progresses, nerves farther down are blocked and finally the mother, who until then has been fully conscious...
...urgent need for this block was clear: Rommel lost no time in making tactical counterattacks with his 21st Panzers. Around Caen the first tank battles of the invasion were fought. But they were preliminary, minor skirmishes compared with what was to be expected when Rommel finally struck...
...driving three horses.. . . One of these horses is young and wild; that is my New Deal group, backed by organized labor and its sympathizers, the intellectuals; they want to gallop all the time. . . . The second is much older, and inclined to be mulish; that is my block of Southern states. And then my third horse, a nervous and skittish steed which I seldom dare to mention by name. You will consider my naming it confidential, please...
...Seed of Despair. Baffling delays seemed to block the path of De Gaulle's proposed visit to London. The Committee's message to Washington to find out whether the U.S. planned to have a representative at the London discussions had gone unanswered for nearly two weeks. The U.S. had decided not to participate, but the French had no direct word...
Japanese troops, sucked westward to face Stilwell's main force, were cut off from behind by a block on the Myitkyina-Mogaung road...