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...family physician, Crofton, who died at 97 on Nov. 3 in Edinburgh, earned his medical credentials in the heat of battle, in field hospitals at Dunkirk and in the Middle East for the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II. By 1946, TB was a leading cause of death among adults in Europe and North America, festering in the close quarters of military barracks and shelters accommodating displaced communities. There was no treatment other than rest and fresh air. An American scientist had purified an antibiotic, streptomycin, that raised hopes by showing a remarkable ability to kill tuberculosis bacteria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sir John Crofton | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...farmer whose imagination was sparked by a flying circus in Oklahoma City, launched his company just before the Great Depression; Cessna certified two of its monoplanes on Oct. 29, 1929, the day of the Crash. It takes vision and the right flight plan for any venture in this field to get airborne. Schaller might have both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Turboprop Built for Trouble | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

Suddenly the field was wide open, and Gordon kept running up the left sideline, making it to Harvard’s 49 before Geoff Dunham tripped him out of bounds...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tailback Gives Harvard Momentum | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...Informed debate should characterize a community such as [Harvard], where we have leaders in the field of health policy at many schools where innumerable individuals are contributing scholarship and opinions on every aspect of this discussion,” Flier wrote...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HMS Dean Criticizes Health Care | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...Gordon had other ideas, running to the left side of the field and using a spin move to break a tackle...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tailback Gives Harvard Momentum | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

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