Word: filtered
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...already leaking. Biden was rushed to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for eight hours of cranial surgery, which many patients do not survive. Lying completely still in intensive care afterward led to the development of a blood clot on his lung, which required an operation to implant a filter in a vein. In May he was back on the operating table, for surgery on a second aneurysm. It was a hellish time, but he is completely recovered. "The good news is that I can do anything I did before. The bad news is that I can't do anything better...
...relied on reconnaissance aircraft and high-tech drones for its intelligence. In addition, since Arab forces took Israel by surprise in the 1973 October War, the U.S. has provided Jerusalem with top-secret satellite information to help meet its defense needs. But the Israelis complain that U.S. officials "filter" the information, omitting data that Washington deems irrelevant. The Israelis also grumble that they receive the data too late. Israel regularly petitions the U.S. for its own ground links to American satellites, but Washington refuses. Supporters of Israel blame America's stinginess with its data for Israel's recruitment of Jonathan...
...secret at all: magazine ads that the tobacco companies published in the 1950s and '60s. Among them were ads that appeared in 1954 issues of LIFE, in which such Hollywood stars as Barbara Stanwyck and Rosalind Russell gave testimonials for L&M's new "miracle product," the "alpha cellulose" filter that is "just what the doctor ordered." Several other brands made similar claims at the time in response to increasing nervousness about smoking and health. R.J. Reynolds said, "More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette...
...accomplished dancer--tango, salsa, waltz and swing. She learned how to salsa while in Berlin last year. And when she wasn't studying or salsa-ing, Rodriguez worked at the Knecht Auto Oil Filter Company. Her duties at Knecht ranged from data processing and bookkeeping to serving on an assembly line...
Another example of Harvard's ties to the corporate world is the Polaroid Corporation, which grew out of Harvard in 1930. As a Harvard student, Edwin H. Land invented a type of plastic filter that polarizes light and later founded the company...