Word: heals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Another blow was the warning by oldtime Liberal George Norris that a prolonged, bitter filibuster in the face of important legislation might be too high a price even for an anti-lynching bill. Said he: "Perhaps this is not the time to open wounds that may not heal." A reporter asked Tom Connally whether he still thought he and his friends could talk until Christmas. The old Texan snorted...
...hormone was to multiply cells rapidly, it seemed possible that unknown hormones of the same type might be the cause of the unhealthy cell proliferation which constitutes cancer. But since the fluid from radiated yeast brought about normal, not abnormal cell proliferation, the prospect arose of using it to heal human hurts...
...first attempt to heal the Great Schism had been a dismal failure. But with the rank & file on both sides thoroughly fed up with what is essentially a struggle between ambitious leaders for personal power, it was by no means certain that this attempt would be the last...
...Mont Laurier, Quebec. Lumberman Henri Chagnon became so annoyed when a fractured leg failed to heal that he stumped in on crutches to see his physician. Dr. Gustave Roy. Said Henri Chagnon drawing an ancient revolver: "Make your act of contrition. I am going to kill you." He pulled the trigger, his gun failed to go off, he went to jail...
...days later Nebraska's anti-New Deal Senator Edward R. Burke appealed to the legal profession's self-pity: "There was a time when the banker was the favorite 'whipping boy.' The welts of the lash upon the . . . banker may now be permitted to heal while the lawyer takes his place with bared back at the post...