Word: bone
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...theory behind the exchange: there may be some factor in normal blood that combats leukemia; it might work on the bone marrow, source of the abnormal, immature cells, or it might work on the cells themselves. The doctors hoped to increase this suspected factor X in the convict's bloodstream by giving it extra work to do in fighting the child's leukemia. It was the first such experiment on human beings, although transfusions of normal blood are standard practice for leukemia victims as a life-prolonging measure. One difficulty had been getting a donor willing to exchange...
...Faust, which he began in his 20s and worked over repeatedly until just before his death at 82, Goethe raised a poetic monument to himself that is comparable to those of England's Shakespeare and Italy's Dante. An ardent sideline scientist (he discovered that the intermaxillary bone in apes was also present in a rudimentary form in man, and developed a new theory regarding the nature of colors), he took special delight in noting the similarities that related phenomena of the most diverse kinds. When his son, August, showed no particular interest in a literary life, Goethe...
...will be missing from Coach Dolph Samborski's lineup this afternoon. Henry Young's infected leg kept him out of yesterday's 5 to 1 practice win over MIT, and Charlie Cabot will probably remain at shortstop in his son's place. A cracked bone in Bob Thompson's foot will give Slats Harris a chance to start in right field...
...spring he had nursed his right heel, tender after an operation for a bone spur last fall. The heel got worse instead of better. In exhibition games in Texas recently he tried putting some pressure on it, and the pain made sport-page headlines from Maine to Mexico. Last week, while DiMag was flown to Baltimore for diagnosis, the press speculated on 1) whether he would be out of the line-up for a few weeks or forever and 2) whether the New York Yankees would pay him $90,000 for a season of sitting on the bench...
...stores have no fancy fronts or Hollywood interiors. But they do have men's suits & coats from $19.95 to $38.95 and women's dresses from $2.95 to $10.95. Their low overhead is a fact: they are in the cheapest possible quarters. By slashing markup to the bone, clothing is sold the way supermarkets sell groceries. Customers simply grab what they want from pipe-racks, pay cash and carry their purchases away...