Word: bone
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...while he was still in high school, Mahan was thrown by a bull, which then stepped on his jaw and broke it in five places. He has since had a face bone shattered, a rib broken and three vertebrae cracked. Last week in Phoenix, a bull threw him alongside a metal barrel in which a rodeo clown was hiding, then turned, charged, missed Mahan by a hair, but caught the barrel and butted its 300-lb. weight 6 ft. into the air. The clown was lucky to escape with only minor injuries. It was a close call for all concerned...
...Soon after his return to Washington, Humphrey slipped in the lobby of his apartment house, chipped a bone in his left wrist, will be in a cast for several weeks...
...research was a series of compromises. According to the latest FDA ruling, the only fish that may be used are hake* and related species. They must be iced as soon as caught, like all other fish for human consumption. In processing, though the whole fish is used, some bone is removed to keep the fluoride content below 100 parts per-million. The final flour of "FPC" parts (fish protein concentrate) must contain 75% protein and practically...
...Kooros uses criteria regarding shape and markings to distinguish rough tools from ordinary bone scraps. She feeds the criteria to a computer, which measures how well the description of each bone meets these standards...
Until now, it has been almost impossible to prove that certain rough fragments were prototypes of more sophisticated, well-formed bone tools, Mrs. Kooros said. "This was a real problem," she said, "because men didn't suddenly start making perfectly-shaped tools. First there had to be some crude prototypes...