Word: hearted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...varying degrees, for small numbers of patients. But until recently, a major difficulty has been for the surgeon to determine in advance where and how big the obstruction was, and so decide how to treat it. That has now been overcome by improved techniques for X-raying the heart's arteries, developed at the Cleveland Clinic by Dr. F. Mason Sones Jr. Relying on these, two of the Clinic's surgeons, Dr. Donald B. Effler and Dr. Rene Favaloro, have performed 51 operations of a new and promising type. They cut out the diseased segment of the coronary...
Since 20 million men in the U.S. are believed to have signs or symptoms of heart-artery disease, even the most dedicated surgeons admit that the ultimate solution cannot lie in their hands, even though an entirely artificial heart may be developed. One hope is that improved drugs will first control, and eventually prevent, the atherosclerotic process. The more distant ideal is for men to adopt, early in life, patterns of diet and exercise that will make surgery and even drugs unnecessary...
...Variations of the Vineberg operation are now the commonest form of adult heart surgery in the U.S. and Canada, with almost 2,000 performed annually...
Baker is stationed in Washington, but his mind wanders far beyond. After last summer's riots, he drove straight to the heart of the plot: Rap Brown was actually on the payroll of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Brown's job: to find "inexpensive solutions to the nation's racial problems." When trouble threatens, Rap is rushed to the spot to deliver inflammatory harangues. Then the Senate can blame the riots on "outside agitators" and avoid spending any money on the slums. A year ago, wrote Baker, a theater script had been rejected as too far-out because...
Despite its lack of death-defying wit, Exit the King is not unmoving as it records the tender anguish of love for what one is about to lose. Berenger's question, "Why was I born if it wasn't forever?" is a lacerated cry from the heart. Sadly, the bumbling hand of the APA reduces it to an infantile yelp of self-pity...