Word: branch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reproductive mechanism of cells in the lymphatic system. And because of their inability to decide between these two theories, they grasp at every straw that may offer a clue to the cause of the disease. Such a clue has been reported by the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston: two medical students who lived in the same room, but at different times, developed Hodgkin's disease within a few months, or possibly weeks. Could that mean that Hodgkin's is infectious...
...Coop now opens a temporary branch at the Medical School for a month each September. A permanent branch was established in the early 1900's but there was not enough business to maintain...
...saddle the court with endless case-by-case litigation, said Black. New Jersey's claim as the debtor's domicile would "too greatly exalt a minor factor," while Pennsylvania's main-office argument might force the court to tot up the space or staff in one branch office after another...
Pollution & Politics. Building transalpine pipelines poses mountain-size-and at times hill-size-problems. Unexpected construction problems and disputes with Swiss authorities over routing changes have put ENI behind schedule on the Central Europe pipeline. A 342-mile branch is still lying idle because the German town of Lindau refuses to allow the construction of a five-mile segment along the shore of Lake Constance. Reason: fear that the pipe might burst and spew oil into the lake, polluting the town's water supply. The new Trans-Alpine project has already encountered its first delay. Indecisive elections have left...
...land whose 470 million inhabitants speak 14 major tongues and 831 dialects, the language of the elite, ever since the British raj, has been English. Both Parliament and the executive branch of the government conduct their affairs in English, which is the only etymological link among all sectors of the Indian populace. In 1963, however, Parliament decreed the official language to be Hindi, effective Republic Day, 1965. Though English will continue as an "associate language," all official documents must henceforth be in Hindi, even if they have to be accompanied by English translations for the benefit of recipients...