Word: gra
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year-old patient lay in an up-to-date operating room in Lima, Peru, surrounded by sterile gadgets and the paraphernalia of modern anesthesia. At hand, to forestall infection, were ultramodern antibiotics. Flanking the patient were two of Peru's most distinguished surgeons, Drs. Francisco Grańa Reyes and Esteban Rocca. But their instruments were bronze chisels and saws made of obsidian (volcanic glass) which were 2,000 years old when Francisco Pizarro conquered Peru...
From one point point of view, the reign of George VI might be considered a succession of dismal retreats and impoverishments, broken only by a gratifying climax to the second world war. British coin, which at the beginning of his reign was enscribed with "Georgius VI Dei Gra Britt Omn Rex Fid Def Ind Imp" and was worth nearly $5 a pound, now says simply "Georgius VI Dei Gra Britt Omn Rex Fid Def" and is worth $2.80. The structure of the Commonwealth has become a good deal more flexible, and the entire Commonwealth has been overshadowed by the great...
...varsity lineups:HARVARD M.I.T.Lee 123 MyersSmith (C) 130 SpereAdams 137 FindlayIben 147 BuckstaffAnderson 157 Callahan (C)Hubbard 167 ConantD. Waring 177 SeymourHeidtmann Heavy RobertsonThe freshman lineups:HARVARDThorne 123 GraefKaplan 130 PollengerCraig 137 WolfePollard 147 PragluskiMortimer 157 WoodChandler 167 MurklandP. Waring 177 StraitBooker Heavy Gra...