Word: doctorate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have never said anything that was more hopeful than any doctor said. I have, on the contrary, tried to be a little bit on the, let's say, cautionary side rather than on the optimistic [side] in the hope that . . . there would not be that kind of a shock...
Joint Conclusion. Ike did make it clear that his final decision would be based primarily on his own evaluation of his ability to carry the burdens of the presidency, not alone on medical reports. "A doctor's sole care," he told his press conference, "is with his patient. He doesn't have to think about the things I do in trying to solve this problem." Nonetheless, at week's end Dwight Eisenhower drove out to the Walter Reed Army Hospital, and for more than an hour submitted to a battery of tests-blood chemistry, fluoroscope...
Arrogant with Success. Moslem moderates were in despair. The Committee of 61, a group of moderate Moslem legislators who have been trying to negotiate a compromise solution with the French, announced that they were giving up, and disbanded the committee. Said Ben Salem, a quiet, middle-aged doctor and one of the committee's leaders: "We have been passed over. The French must negotiate with the chiefs of the resistance. The people no longer have faith...
...question was a burly Zulu named Elifasi Msomi. A young witch doctor who was not doing very well at his trade, he went to another witch doctor for advice, and there, he said, he found Tikoloshe masquerading as the man's son. "You will go with this son of mine," said the elder doctor, "and get me the blood of 15 people to help my chemist shop. First I want the blood of a girl...
...Meroney's questionnaire was completed ("Has anybody in your family ever had heart disease? Have you ever had rheumatic fever or scarlet fever?") After a blood-pressure reading, a nurse taped electrodes to Meroney's wrists and Dr. Adamson taped another pair to his ankles. Then the doctor switched on the ECG machine and got a reading of the electrical impulses generated with Meroney's heartbeats. He appeared to have a sound heart, but of the first 70 employees tested, eight had dubious ECG readings or other indications of possible trouble...