Word: debra
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Debra Jackson, 13, had previously undergone three complete exchange transfusions, yet remained comatose. Six hours after being connected to a baboon liver, she made spontaneous movements and showed normal reflexes. After 13½ hours, she spoke; in two weeks she was walking. Although it took three months of intensive hospital treatment to make her fully healthy again, she is now back at school. The second patient, Mrs. Yvonne Royster, 24, had a similar experience; seven months after treatment, say the doctors, "she was in excellent health looking after her children and working as a part-time waitress...
Another who sent in an endorsement was Debra Sweet, the 19-year-old Cincinnati girl who made front-page headlines in December by questioning President Nixon's sincerity as he gave her an award for collecting $25,000 to feed hungry people. Sweet told the President at a White House ceremony, "I find it hard to believe that you are sincere in giving out this award until you stop the war." Today she will say, "Senator McGovern is the best man to lead America...