Word: embeddedness
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Out of Mind. In Philadelphia, after Harry Stone, 44. walked into the Einstein Medical Center and complained that he had suffered severe headaches for several years, surgeons began removing a 32-inch knife blade that had been embedded in his skull for 28 years.
This was the crisis, and old Cavalryman de Castries knew it. At 0700, he gathered his last reserves and hurled in three desperate counterattacks. But Giap mostly held his gains, then sent in his Red reserves to clinch the battle. De Castries had only one remaining 105-mm. howitzer, one...
Most newspapers have some such resounding principles either engraved on their buildings or printed in their pages. But at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (circ. 391,890), the "Platform" is not only embedded in the walls and run every day on the editorial page; it is so deeply implanted in...
Tire Talons. For better traction, faster starts and safer stops on icy roads, B. F. Goodrich Co. brought out a truck tire with 5,000 tiny steel claws embedded in the tread. The steel will last almost the life of the tread, says Goodrich, and will result in only negligible...
An indication of how deeply this philosophy is embedded at Princeton is the attitude of Hugh Taylor, dean of the Graduate School, who would be most likely to emphasize graduate in relation to college work. On the contrary, however, Taylor is a fervent believer in the subordination of the graduate...