Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...disease process may begin with a small stroke, or it may be caused by a tumor. Though it is seldom seen today, a particularly common tumor among peasants of the Middle Ages, who lived close to their herds, was tuberculoma. This was often caused by the bacilli of bovine tuberculosis-the same bacteria that made the ruff fashionable to hide the swellings of scrofula ("the king's evil"). Since Joan's right-side perception was affected, the tumor would be in the left hemisphere of her brain...
Bing also issued a waspish, pettish statement to the press: "Madame Callas' reputation for projecting her undisputed histrionic talents into her business affairs is a matter of common knowledge. This, together with her insistence on a claimed right to alter or abrogate a contract at will or at whim, has finally led to the present situation . . . Let us all be grateful that we have had the experience of her artistry for two seasons; the Metropolitan is also grateful that the association is ended . . . I could name a number of very famous singers who thought they were indispensable and would...
...them was probably autocatalysis-the process by which a substance, as soon as a little of it is formed, speeds the formation of more of itself. This process is common in organic chemistry. Many molecules important to life are autocatalytic, and in the soupy ocean and suffocating atmosphere of the young earth their concentration would tend to increase. The porphyrins, for example, which are related to the hemoglobin of animal blood and the chlorophyll of green plants, are autocatalysts...
...groundwork for the sale of stock, A. & P. President Ralph W. Burger outlined a proposal, expected to be approved at a meeting in December, to 1) replace present nonvoting common and preferred stock with a single class of voting common stock; 2) split all outstanding common shares on a 10-for-1 basis and issue three shares of common for each preferred share; 3) apply for listing of the new common stock on the New York Stock Exchange...
When word first circulated on Wall Street in October 1957 that a plan was being considered to broaden public ownership in the company, the nonvoting common stock was selling for about $175 a share on the American Stock Exchange. It has risen steadily since then and closed at $445 a share the day before the plan was announced. Next day it scooted up 40 points to close at week...