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Despite these sanguine bulletins, Franco's condition was deteriorating. Thursday night, the eleven physicians attending him announced that he had suffered a relapse and "early signs of cardiac insufficiency had appeared." As this news spread, bars and restaurants in Madrid began closing early; a few groups of youths roamed the capital's streets mournfully chanting, "Franco. Franco. Franco...
CINCHONINE. An antimalarial drug; an overdose can result in cardiac arrest...
Humoring Tito. In Yugoslavia, Soviet strategy seems to be to humor President Josip Broz Tito, who is 83 and ailing; a Mercedes ambulance outfitted with an emergency cardiac unit follows him wherever he goes within Yugoslavia. In the meantime, the Soviets are wooing as many of Tito's numerous would-be successors as possible. Rumania presents them with a far trickier problem. Ceauçescu is a healthy 57 and may well be around for some time. To be sure, he has his internal enemies, who resent his "personality cult," his nepotistic elevation of his wife...
...have a cardiac if I had such luck...
...February and March, the FDA issued recall orders for more than 1,000 cardiac-pacemaker units that are prone to premature failure or that cause too high pulse rates. On a lower order of urgency, the FDA last month announced the recall of 1,600 dozen "Brownie tote brushes," which are toothbrushes made to be used exclusively by Brownies. The item's handle bears the official insignia of this younger order of Girl Scouts but has a tendency to snap...