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...white frame laboratory on an outpost of the Essar Ranch near San Antonio, an intense young scientist is operating on a partially anesthetized cow. He injects a local anesthetic into a shaved area on the flank, swabs it with alcohol and makes an incision. Ten minutes later he sews up the incision. The cow is only a scrub from the range of a nearby rancher-but if all goes well she will bear a calf which has two pedigreed parents...
...their support. Later they had compromised, comforting themselves with the fact that between them and the Red army were U.S. occupation troops in Germany; presumably the U.S. would fight if its own forces were attacked. No such token shield protected Scandinavia, Western Europe's left flank...
...become a celebrity. The entire Corn Belt, which takes bulls seriously, was eager for news about him. The Foxes took Rupert to the Stange Memorial Veterinary Clinic at Iowa State College. There, Dr. Mack Emmerson transplanted the pituitary gland from the skull of another bull to Rupert's flank. After the gland had had time to work, Rupert was given the heifer test again. Still no calves...
...Lynch will be back in his usual right-wing slot with Fred Koch and Bill Timpson. Even though the line is rusty, it now will have its strong right flank and complete balance...
...Israeli military campaign had been a brilliant, hard-won success, highlighted by a fast three-day invasion of Egypt. Driving down the Egyptian right flank (after a feint at Gaza on the coast), the Israeli forces plunged headlong into Egypt and fought their way to El Arish, over 50 miles behind the frontier...