Word: heart
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...told you when I came in, I feel fine." Though he soon gave way to tears, he still managed to keep his old red head in describing his bout with the malignant growth in his chest. "That damnable" tumor had even adhered to the aorta, great artery from the heart. Sobbing, Godfrey said: "Like all aviators. I'm not afraid of what I know about. Every time a pilot takes off, he takes what we call a calculated risk. He knows it could be the last time." Then Godfrey headed off for at least 60 days' complete rest...
...breakdown of testosterone and related hormones the researchers found two potent derivatives: androsterone and etiocholanolone, with properties different from those of their parent substances. Example: androsterone lowers the level of circulating cholesterol (though testosterone may raise it), may thus be useful in combating atherosclerosis and reducing the danger of heart attacks and many strokes; etiocholanolone triggers a rise in body temperature, may be involved in mysterious fevers and some rheumatic diseases...
Died. Donald Aubrey Quarles, 64, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense; of a heart attack; in Washington (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
Died. Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Viscount Templewood, 79, longtime British diplomat, who excelled in tennis, often bumbled in diplomacy; of a heart attack; in London. As Foreign Secretary in 1935, he engineered with wily French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval the notorious pact that surrendered a fifth of besieged Ethiopia to Mussolini. Forced by public outrage to resign, he bounced back to office under Neville Chamberlain, backed Chamberlain's Munich appeasement because he felt it would intimidate Russia. "He passes," someone said, "from experience to experience, like Boccaccio's virgin, without discernible effect upon his condition...
Died. William Ford, 87, younger brother of the original Henry; of a heart attack; in Detroit. William resembled brother Henry in appearance only. When Henry left for the city, William stayed on the farm. "I have no use for cars except as something to ride in," said William, and when his tractor sales agency went bankrupt in the Depression, he was as good as his word, asked no help from his multimillionaire brother and got none...