Word: clefts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cultivated her fat as protective armor so as never to be wanted again. Though neither of them could begin to say it, they are spent with running from the vicious foxhounds of the world. They are both seeking the peace and safety that Blanche DuBois called "a cleft in the rock of the world," and at play's end they seem to have found...
...lead to paralysis if not promptly treated. Others suffer from deteriorating vision and a wide variety of orthopedic problems that most doctors cannot correctly diagnose or treat. Mrs. Estrella Sberna of Los Angeles took her daughter Mary Lou, 12, to dozens of different doctors for problems ranging from a cleft palate to flat feet. But it was only at the clinic that Mary Lou began to receive proper treatment after doctors diagnosed her condition as Kniest syndrome, a type of dwarfism in which the cartilage is dotted with holes...
...platonic romance between a Roman Catholic priest and an attractive widow. Last fall Laurie Stevens, a program regular, met a newcomer, Father Mark Reddin. Ever since, the producers and writers have nursed the romance along, consulting with the Archdiocese of New York. The tantalizing question: Will the curly-haired, cleft-chinned cleric abandon his first love, the church, and wed the deserving brunette? Surprisingly, the letters indicate that most viewers want a quickie marriage. "The more we get into the story and the characters," says Producer Joe Manetta, "the more they're writing, 'Please God, get them married...
...Harlingen, and Ferree dispenses them in the Mexican towns of Reynosa and Matamoros, where he has established makeshift clinics in abandoned shacks. He ministers to minor ailments himself; with the help of admiring merchants on both sides of the border, he has arranged more than 200 harelip and cleft-palate operations for children he has found. One of his discoveries was the four-legged Mexican baby successfully operated on at a Houston hospital (TIME, June 28). He has guided another 80 people, young and old-including two blind victims of cataracts and two badly burned children-to successful hospital treatment...
...Ferree lives on a meager pension he receives from his World War I service in the Signal Corps. What will happen to his charges when he is gone? "Maybe somebody will take it over, maybe not," he says. "I don't think about that. I worry about one cleft palate and one hungry stomach at a time...