Word: bone
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...attempt to nurse him back to health. There, one of the nurses, Grace Kim, who had already adopted a war-orphaned Korean girl, decided to adopt Ronnie. But despite his care, Ronnie developed alarming symptoms. An orthopedic surgeon made the diagnosis: Ronnie had tuberculosis of the spine. A delicate bone graft was necessary. Nurse Kim made her decision: the doctors could take bone grafts from her own leg to reinforce Ronnie's diseased vertebrae...
Fortunately for the duck hunter's friends, they seldom have to listen for long to the fat glories of "the one that got away." Most of the time, a beaten, bone-weary gunman will simply explain: "That big mallard I missed had most likely been stuffing himself with fish. He would have tasted terrible anyway...
Some of the brain tissues, though soft and juicy, are more permanent than bone. One of the most permanent elements is iron; the same iron atoms stay in the body for a long time. Dr. Aebersold believes that 2% of the body's substance is an ample allowance for the part that sticks around for as long as a year. A human body, he says, should not be considered permanent in a material sense. It is more like a famous old regiment, all of whose members have changed many times over, while the regiment retains its organizational identity...
This is an extension of the plan for cornea, bone and artery banks, to which individuals may bequeath parts of their bodies. While the law has not interfered with these in the U.S., many state courts have held that a man cannot use his will to dispose of his entire remains. If a relative objected, no medical school would risk public disapproval by seeking to enforce such a will. In nine states,* however, laws have been passed specifically permitting these bequests. Georgia School of Medicine has received only one body in five years as a result of this provision...
...regards this function as necessary for philosophical as well as economical reasons, since "the University administration thereby acts as a foil to keep the Legislature out of educational policy." Although a public educator by choice, he received his Ph.D. at privately-endowed Princeton and emphasizes that he has "no bone to pick with private education"; his aim is merely to provide a sound college education for the thousands of Massachusetts students who cannot afford to attend private colleges...