Word: froze
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...everything seemed calculated last week to upstage the Tories' new leader in his debut as party chief. As the Conservatives gathered at Brighton for their annual conference, the headlines were dominated by the Rhodesian crisis. And when Wilson flew up to Balmoral to see the Queen, the blood froze in Tory veins: with a mere two-vote majority and the opinion polls rapidly swinging his way, Wilson might well be asking permission to dissolve Parliament and call an election. Not so, or at least not yet. But the reaction in Brighton all too clearly revealed the Tories' defensive...
Doctor's Orders. The astronauts tended to their equipment that floated about weightless. When they dumped urine overboard, the particles froze in the cold vacuum and sparkled like a roman candle as they drifted by. The men tried to nap. But when one stirred in the cramped quarters, the other woke up. "We don't like to see them so fatigued at so early a point in the flight," said Dr. Charles Berry, chief space-flight surgeon. The doctor's orders: Get more sleep. "I try to," yawned Conrad, "but you guys keep giving us something...
...took his first speculative leap. For the first time in living memory the Hudson River froze from bank to bank in the month of November. Ships were icebound at their moorings, and tons of perishable produce piled up on the docks. Even the most seasoned local merchants panicked. Not canny Russell Sage. At giveaway prices he snapped up three of the crippled, empty sloops, stacked them with cargoes, then settled back to wait. Sure enough, the freeze was a fluke. The ice melted overnight, and Sage sailed off for New York where he made a $50,000 killing...
...size of all departments in the University is controlled by the Graustein Plan, which theoretically "froze" each department at its 1941 staff-size. The Plan also determines the frequency with which new tenure appointments can be made; in the case of the History Department, once every 24 years. In addition, the University also provides for teachers to be divided into five ranks, tells the department how many of each category it is entitled to, and fixes the salary of each position...
...CANCER. A challenging case treated by Dr. William G. Cahan at Manhattan's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center involved a cancer of the tongue, 2 in. by 1¼ in., in an 84-year-old man. After only a mouthwash sort of anesthesia, Dr. Cahan froze the surface of the cancer. Later he inserted the liquid nitrogen probe deep into the tissue. In each of three required operations, the tissues were frozen and allowed to thaw. The patient complained of only a mild burning sensation that lasted a few hours after each treatment. In three weeks, the cancer shrank...