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Word: extended (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hope of extending the period during which revival is possible (that is, the period of glycolysis), perhaps to as long as half an hour, Dr. Gaievskaya is experimenting on dogs by chilling the brain, to 77° F. She then takes as long as 24 hours to let the brain return to normal oxygen use. Dr. Negovsky's method of prompt resuscitation is claimed to have saved thousands of Russians who were "clinically dead"; Dr. Gaievskaya's modifications would extend its scope in both time and numbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Reversible Death | 8/25/1961 | See Source »

...Selectric," as it is called, is shaped like an ordinary typewriter, but its carriage does not move, nor do the keys extend into levers that make the impression on paper. Instead, the Selectric has mounted inside its case a spherical-shaped, pingpong-ball-sized metal typing element bearing all the familiar 88 alphabetical characters, numerals and punctuation symbols. When the typist strikes the keyboard, the typewriter's motor rapidly tilts and rotates the element on its axis as it moves across the paper, bringing the proper character into position for printing. The element is then rocked against ribbon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Keyboard Revolution | 8/11/1961 | See Source »

...strong conductors like Toscanini, who simply made the music "accord with the times.'' The company's irritation at Vaughan and his supporters is heightened by the fact that the Verdi copyright is due to run out at year's end, and Ricordi is anxious to extend its profitable monopoly for another 20 years. As for Vaughan, he is looking ahead to an "artistic revolution." When the copyright expires, he hopes, the whole operatic orchestra will be tuned back to its proper volume, ridding the stage of the vocal athletes whose only distinction is the ability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Battle of the Scores | 8/4/1961 | See Source »

...mothball fleet, landing craft and (possibly) troopships will be activated. The Air Force will gain new troop-carrier wings. The President is unlikely to restore reserve and National Guard units to active duty until and unless he declares a national emergency; but he may ask National Guard commanders to extend the normal period of summer training in order to achieve greater readiness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: The Speech | 7/28/1961 | See Source »

...from 18½% of the total value of imports to only 6%. Next June the Reciprocal Trade Act expires, and a knee-and-gouge battle over its renewal is already looming in Congress. The word in Washington is that the Kennedy Administration is presently minded not to try to extend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Public Policy: End of Reciprocal Trade? | 7/14/1961 | See Source »

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