Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...What are we to do? We cannot save a drop of blood in Ethiopia. We cannot restore the old Government. We would merely extend the conflict. We would fight not for peace but for revenge...
After giving nine years to the research, during which time he electrocuted 900 guinea pigs, twelve rabbits, ten cats, ten dogs, ten pigs. 500 sheep and ten calves, Livingston Polk Ferris. Bell Telephone Laboratories Engineer, last week in Electrical Engineering, was able to state precisely why a person may drop dead upon being shocked by a small current of electricity. Such an accident may happen when a person, still wet from a bath, touches an improperly grounded electric light in the bathroom. Mr. Ferris and associates rediscovered a method of reviving such shocked persons...
...heavy chemical industry. For another $6,000,000 worth of expansion Monsanto last week prepared to offer its stockholders 101,310 shares of new stock at $60 a share. Underwritten by Edward B. Smith & Co., the offer will probably be snapped up, since even after a 19-point drop from its year's high, Monsanto stock is currently selling...
...have married Alan, Ludwig forces the girl to take a secret service assignment that will separate her, presumably forever, from her fiance. When they meet again, Elsa and Alan are not troubled by the loyalty to duty which makes life complicated for most lovers in spy stories but drop their official commitments and start for the Dutch frontier, closely pursued by Ludwig. Their escape is made possible by a sacrifice on the part of Ludwig, rendered with authority by an actor who has been making such sacrifices for 20 years...
...symptoms of coronary thrombosis were set forth last week by Drs. Master, Jaffe & Dack as follows: "Severe pain in the chest, signs of shock, a drop in blood pressure, increase in the number of white blood cells, fever, diminution in intensity of heart sounds, a pericardial rub and typical electrocardiographic changes (q, t and rs-t deviations) serve as evidence of an attack of thrombosis. When in doubt the patient should be treated as if he had suffered a coronary artery occlusion. He should be put to bed and a search patiently made for the signs just described...