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...Farther south, the Russians pulled another sneak near the Sea of Azov, advancing 115 miles beyond German-held Taganrog. Here their ultimate aim was to choke oft' German communications into the vital Crimea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF RUSSIA: Lateral Passes | 2/9/1942 | See Source »

Heat v. Cold. Blood clots may lodge in the lungs, cause instant death. They may also form in arms or legs, choke off circulation. If they lodge in an artery, they prevent the flow of fresh, oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the limb; if they dam up a vein, they prevent the return of used blood, heavy with body poisons, to the heart. Without proper circulation of the blood to keep them alive, body tissues die, become gangrenous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Clots Unblocked | 2/9/1942 | See Source »

...drink. Water, tea or coffee may be given to people who are conscious. Those who are unconscious must be given nothing, for they may choke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: F is for First Aid | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

Struggling valiantly with this mulligatawny soup A & C very nearly choke themselves, repeat gags that have now become too familiar for repetition, only occasionally reach their former heights of unabashed zaneity. It will take a fresh tankful of high octane to keep A & C flying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Dec. 15, 1941 | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

...Russia the Germans were putting on a desperate drive to get themselves set for the battle of 1942. They could not drive south to the battlefield of 1942 while substantial Russian forces remained at their rear in the north; and so they fought in violent haste, to choke off Moscow (see p. 21) and strengthen their position at the approach of the Caucasus, around Rostov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War, STRATEGY: The Battle of 1942 | 12/1/1941 | See Source »

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