Word: combating
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...command of himself and his audience was forceful, sure, and accented by a remarkable candor. Only once did he hesitate-when recalling how he felt after his operation. "You must remember," he said, "I was in . . ." Then, rejecting the next, obvious word-pain-Eisenhower continued with combat-tested detachment: "I was having a pretty rough ride there for two or three days, [but] from that day on, I have improved every day." His insistence on candor took him farther. "Now," he observed wryly, "I feel good," but not as "well as I did a year ago at this time...
...stand in his own defense, he made a convincing witness as he told the court that his only concern, even as he led his platoon through a tidal swamp, had been for his troops-that if they failed to learn the need for discipline, they might "crumble" in combat...
...Childrens Hospital, the Gibsons were referred to the Mental Retardation Clinic-one of 33 similar clinics in the U.S., most founded in recent years to spot and, when possible, to combat the tragic cases of mental retardation in infants (there are about 1,000,000 such cases in the U.S.). The Los Angeles clinic's director, Dr. Richard Koch. 34, and consultant. Dr. Arthur H. Parmelee Sr.. 73, checked Mary Ann's physical history, tested her for motor ability, environmental adaptiveness and awareness. Dr. Parmelee told the parents that Mary Ann will be able to learn...
...treating some afflictions. For Mongolism, however, the commonest single cause of mental retardation in infants, there is no cure. The doctors can only hope that careful studies will give them insight into its causes. In the meantime, they can treat many of its physical symptoms. Physicians use antibiotics to combat the susceptibility of Mongoloids to infections. Surgeons may correct heart conditions, the chief cause of debility and death. In 1900, Mongoloids rarely lived beyond infancy. A Mongoloid born in 1956 may expect to reach 20 years...
...Army displayed last week a new combat radio that will let G.I.s talk through their helmets. Using transistors instead of vacuum tubes, the radio is small enough to be built to fit into a soldier's helmet. It was developed by the Signal Corps, is designed with a normally short range so that squad members can exchange information without fear of eavesdropping by the enemy. But with a "man-from-Mars" antenna attached on top of the helmet, soldiers can talk to, and receive orders from, command posts more than a mile away...