Word: closed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Playing with a strong wind behind it in the first half, the Crimson several times came close to scoring, but when the teams changed ends, it was the Tigers who finally broke through to score near the posts. The try and their successful conversion was worth the five points...
...complete. Moslem husbands are still reluctant to send their wives to male doctors, and Moslem women are reluctant to go. Though girls have increasing voice in their choice of husbands, most defer to their father's wishes. Even the most progressive Moslem men seldom invite even close friends to meet their wives, particularly non-Moslem friends. At the American University of Beirut and Beirut College for Women, modern young Moslem girl students wear blue jeans, go water skiing, do the rock 'n' roll, and behave just like U.S. coeds. But the past is still with them. Their...
...stored. These mysterious chemicals, which control heredity and growth, are made of nucleic acids, and Sir Alexander worked out methods of studying their complex structure. By use of his methods, it may soon be possible to synthesize nucleic acids, perhaps even molecules that will grow and reproduce. For coming close to the secret of life, Sir Alexander won his Nobel Prize...
...Gerontological Society in Cleveland last week. Despite advances already made, a person of 65 now has only a slightly greater life expectancy than one of the same age had in the past. Also, the fact that few people live much beyond the 100 mark indicates that this is "close to the potential maximum for the majority of human beings...
...oldtime pep, he dropped in at Stanford Lane Hospital in San Francisco for a checkup. The doctors first said it was anemia, then spotted leukemia. Mayer entered the U.C.L.A. Medical Center in September, had a series of blood transfusions. There last week, at 72, Louis B. Mayer died. Close by his bedside was his television screen, the only other force that had changed Hollywood as much as he himself had. Headlined the Hollywood Reporter: MR. MOTION PICTURE IS GONE...