Word: bone
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Johnson told the Presidents. "I'm just here to listen." When he did speak, he was well informed; he had already talked with Latin American ambassadors to Washington when they visited his Texas ranch, had sent Secretary of State Dean Rusk on ahead to Punta del Este to bone up on problems...
...minor bruises. Next day he cracked up again; this time he did not even have a bruise to show for it. "Oh. I've turned over a couple of times, and I've been against the wall," he says. "But I've never even broken a bone. When you start thinking you may get hurt, it's time to get out of racing...
Harvard's sophomore weightmen each won his speciality. Dick Benka took the shot with a toss of 52'10''; Bruce Hedenhal won the discus at 155'1''; and serious Charley a jootian threw the hammer 164'3''. Ron Wilson's broken bone in his left foot restricted him to seconds in the hammer and discus...
...illness was diagnosed last September as acute lymphatic leukemia. Besides the usual abnormalities of white cells and bone marrow, he had a tendency to form tumor masses in the neck and armpits. He was given standard treatment with drugs that produced remission. But then came relapse. Dr. Hill finally decided to use his scant supply of L-asparaginase. In daily injections beginning Feb. 13, Frank Hayes received 213,000 units. On March 16, he developed hives and a lump in his throat, indicating an allergic reaction and suggesting to Dr. Hill that it may be best to give the drug...
Wrinkles & Chins. The bone-dry climate of North Africa, however, has preserved almost perfectly the portraits painted at Faiyum, especially those done on wood panels in encaustic (a mixture of beeswax and pigment, usually applied with a cauterium, or hot spatula). Today, these paintings tell historians most of what is known about portrait technique 1,100 years before the Renaissance. Modeling and shading were expertly done. Except that the anonymous workmen of Faiyum customarily enlarged eyes (large pupils being considered at the time a sign of beauty), classical realism was faithful in portraying hair styles, jewelry, wrinkles and occasionally double...