Word: clamping
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...effective, South African trade with Rhodesia will have to be stopped. If the Vorster government proves recalcitrant, a U.N. force would have to patrol the South African coast, inspect ships, and allow through only what is deemed essential for South Africa. It might even be necessary to clamp down on railway traffic. Such a project would be frightening for Vorster to consider. A successful economic boycott of Rhodesia might convince the world community that something can be done about South Africa...
...scale to which it has long been accustomed as a world power-and it has been notably unsuccessful in the postwar era in selling more than it buys abroad. No sooner does the economy get going than imports rise, the balance of payments goes sour, and London must clamp down at home through controls and deflation while it borrows abroad to cover its payments debts in the interim. Such is the "stop-go" method resorted to by Tory and Labor governments alike for 20 years...
...lighter and remarkably versatile. They can fire as many as four different sizes of sutures in as many different patterns. The stapler itself looks like a stainless steel monkey wrench with a pistol grip. Setting its minuscule metal staples in suture lines that are doubled for safety, it can clamp together as much as 3½ inches of tissue with a single squeeze of the surgeon's hand. It can save upwards of half an hour for complicated stomach or lung operations...
...starter, Balaguer announced that he would halve his own salary to $750 a month, cut the pay of all other government workers, and clamp a ceiling on pensions. To fight corruption and inefficiency in government operations, Balaguer also set up a central auditing operation, banned strikes by government workers, and promised that politicians would be weeded out of government industries (mainly sugar) and replaced by technical...
...horn buttons will work, he said, but it can cause sores on the mother cow's udder after nursing. Various gouges and electric burners are also effective, but Hatch advocated a saw. "There may be lots of bleeding," he told students. "If there is, you can clamp the artery. Pull it out and take hold of it. It looks like a piece of spaghetti." Outside, the students went to work on eight calves. "Careful there now," Field Instructor John Kennedy coached. "Start your saw back a little more-that's right-in the hair...