Word: cleared
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...latest count this week Quirino was clearly in, with nearly 1,125,000 votes. Laurel was second, with about 930,000, and Avelino a limping last with nearly 237,000. It seemed certain that Quirino's party had gained clear-cut control of both houses of the Philippine Congress...
...year's slickest shows opened in a Manhattan gallery last week. The paintings, by 62-year-old Tsuguharu Foujita, were as clear and dry as the Martinis served at the opening, though not so powerful...
True, high altitude bombers sent against warships "have their limitations. They can seldom see a target on the ground clearly, except by radar." And with "ordinary bombs which fly many miles horizontally as they drop they cannot hit the side of a barn-they cannot even hit a small city with any assurance . . . [But] the guided bomb alters this whole situation ... A great ship alone on the sea is a clear target to radar and a clear target for a guided bomb." Therefore, unless some effective seagoing defense against airborne attack comes along, "the days of the large fighting ships...
...results summarized by Dr. Hinshaw suggest that it will be a valuable adjunct to streptomycin. It is no good against miliary (generalized) or meningeal tuberculosis, where streptomycin is most effective. It is "most impressive" in tuberculous laryngitis and enteritis. While its usefulness against pulmonary tuberculosis is not yet clear, it will probably be given along with streptomycin; doctors hope that Tibione, like P.A.S., will help prevent the growth of tubercle strains which learn to resist streptomycin...
...luscious at 16, she lived in a depressing slum with her widowed, seamstress mother. Mama had no intention of letting her daughter get tied up with hard work or tied down to marriage with a man of her class. She got her a job as a model, made it clear that she didn't mind Adriana sleeping out "as long as they paid her." After a couple of non-professional affairs, streetwalking followed fast...