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...expenses. Chessman's mother was injured in an auto accident when he was nine, for the rest of her life was a chaired invalid, paralyzed from the waist down. And her son Carol (the Caryl spelling is his own invention) was sick and undersized, afflicted with bronchial asthma, chronic nasal congestion and a pale, dolorous, big-nosed, droop-lipped face...
...When banks lend money to firms, they do so on the basis of assets and good credit standing, a yardstick that often rules out loans to small or struggling businesses. Heller, on the other hand, does not bother himself about the borrower's credit, takes on firms with chronic management or financial ills as readily as sound companies that have fallen on hard times. Reason: he accepts a company's accounts receivable (i.e., money owed it) as collateral, thus putting his faith in the credit of his clients' customers. Unlike most banks, he can also administer...
Working with the Army Quartermaster Research and Engineering Command (which suffers from chronic G.I. complaints about tasteless preserved food), the Evans scientists found that waste parts of many foods (e.g., vegetable stems, meat scraps) contain flavor enzymes that can be extracted and preserved separately as a fine powder. When a pinch of these enzymes is added to the preserved food, they go to work on the flavor precursors and restore a good part of the natural fresh flavor. The trick works on many kinds of canned and frozen foods, including blueberries, string beans, broccoli and meat...
...therefore are now immune.) Dr. Burney recommended vaccination for workers in the health professions (because they are unusually exposed to infection) and such essential industries as transportation and utilities; also for pregnant women and victims of heart or lung diseases; and for all over 55 with any chronic ailment...
...enchanted audience at the Hasty Pudding Friday afternoon, Siobhan McKenna held forth with strong statements about the state of modern theatre and made this chronic complaint a vivid one. "I am sorry I am late," she said with a trace of Irish brogue, "I was at a party last night." Then, after a preview of Hasty Pudding songs, Miss McKenna sat down to answer questions...