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Word: chronic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...important than the outcome of Capitol Hill's political give-and-take over spending, for the theories of today are the policies of tomorrow-and the day after that. Central question before the debaters: Does the Administration's fight for a balanced budget-with its stand against chronic price up-creep-help or hinder economic growth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: BATTLE BEHIND THE BUDGET BATTLE | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

...Chronic sinusitis and respiratory infections afflict many refugee children in the dry climate of Jordan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Nonexecutive Ulcer | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

Blood-Pressure Gauge. Most obvious, says Dr. Bontzolakis, is anxiety accompanied by nervous tension. This may range from irrational fear, when confronted with something as objective as a photograph, to chronic delirium or schizophrenia. Then he often finds local itching which he attributes to allergic reactions with an emotional basis. Finally and more surprisingly: among Dr. Bontzolakis' patients, the higher the blood pressure, the greater the tendency to abstractionism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Rorschach in Reverse | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

...Hill was not the only fixed winner in the Journal contest. Another was Robert Alvich, 53, a hotel desk clerk. A chronic puzzle contestant. Alvich bit on an anonymous telephone caller's proposal to make him a cinch winner. Following orders, Alvich phoned Detroit, where another anonymous voice gave him the answer to the Journal's current Cashword Puzzle. Sure enough, Alvich won $2,950 and. still following instructions, wired $2,000 to one "Harry Valk'' in Detroit. Meantime, a Portland disk jockey. Fitzgerald ("Eager") Beaver, admitted that he had been similarly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Fix Is the Word | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

With a 6-3 loss to the Yale freshmen last Saturday, the Yardling squash team brought its overall record to 8-8. It was a hot-and-cold year for the Freshmen, who suffered from two main defects--a chronic inability to assemble a full team and a tendency toward collapse in away matches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Squash Team Finishes With 8-8 Record After Loss to Yale | 3/3/1959 | See Source »

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