Word: flow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Moving clockwise, millions of kilowatts of electricity were coursing through the vast network of cables to meet the early-evening needs of the Western Hemisphere's most heavily populated, most power-dependent region. In the humming central control room of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission, ink pens tracing the flow of power suddenly shuddered. At the Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. on the other side of Lake Ontario, the dials on a wall lurched out of control...
...seemed grim. The patient was 75 years old, his heart scarred from his earlier attack. Doctors put him under an oxygen tent and began a series of intensive tests. First results indicated it was no more than a mild attack of angina pectoris, meaning that there was an insufficient flow of blood to the heart muscle, largely as a result of hardening of the arteries. Ike himself was cheerful. The oxygen tent was removed and he even fed himself a light, low-fat breakfast, later sat up in a chair. Everyone perked up; doctors said the general might...
Next, the doctors rejoined the posterior tibial artery; it was 51 hours after the injury that blood began to flow back into Liang's foot. The anterior tibial artery and three veins were quickly rejoined, muscles were sutured, the Achilles' tendon was repaired, nerves were retied, and a 130-sq. cm. skin graft was laid over the torn-up area around Liang's ankle. The entire operation lasted eight hours. The skin graft survived, and within two months the replaced foot was well enough to begin physiotherapy...
...equipment has become as complex as the cockpit of a space capsule. Behind the screen that isolates the patient's head from the rest of his body, the anesthesiologist is surrounded by cylinders of oxygen and anesthetic gases, dials and valves to indicate and control their flow rates, electronic equipment to give continuous readings of the patient's pulse, breathing rate, blood pressure, and the oxygen concentration in his blood. One recent addition to the anesthesiologist's kit is an oscilloscope screen across which as many as half a dozen of these vital indices parade in ever...
...Asian Bank is taking shape at a time when development aid to the world's needy countries is falling steadily behind their needs. Despite rising prosperity in the U.S. and Europe, the flow of aid from these sources has remained static since 1961 at $9 billion a year, now amounts to a trifling .9% of the developed nations' total output of goods and services. Last week Lyndon Johnson signed a comparatively modest $3.2 billion foreign-aid appropriation, but the U.S. still carries more than its share of aid. Despite nudging from Washington, Europe has been slow to pick...