Word: hearted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...guts, common sense and dignity." In contrast, English Professor M. H. Abrams supported the reverse vote as the only rational course. "To stand on legality, to temporize, would be disastrous," he said. "The only thing to do is wipe the slate clean." Historian Rossiter attributed his own change of heart in part to Perkins' appeals. "There was pressure," he explained, sounding slightly brainwashed. "But it was the only thing we could do to preserve this university as a place of reason. I can live with ferment but not with violence...
...University's Erwin R. Tichauer, that snow shovel is poorly adapted to its user. For the flabby, middle-aged and out-of-condition male it can be dangerous, since the position of its handle imposes an unnatural and unnecessary strain on the wrist, the arm, and consequently, the heart. A far safer and more efficient design, says Tichauer, would look like this...
...METABOLISM. Estrogens, but not progesterone, have long been known to influence the metabolism of fats-to the point where they have been given to men in the hope of lowering their blood-cholesterol levels and protecting them against heart attacks. In fact, says the University of Miami's Dr. William N. Spellacy, their effect on cholesterol is still debatable; they seem to increase the proportion of big, "flabby" fat molecules circulating in the blood. The most consistent finding, said Spellacy, is that increased estrogen levels cause increased blood levels of triglycerides, the complex, fat-containing molecules involved in atherosclerosis...
...superficial or deep veins of the legs (thrombophlebitis), and may travel to the lungs, causing pulmonary embolism, which carries a high death rate. Or they may form in the brain, causing strokes. There are also a few cases in which a myriad minute clots have blocked circulation in the heart and in intestinal arteries...
Died. Eugene W. Kettering, 60, son of the auto industry's late Charles F. Kettering, who followed his father's footsteps, both as a General Motors executive and open-handed philanthropist; of heart failure after emergency surgery; in Manhattan. Kettering spent 23 years at G.M., contributed significantly to the development of the modern diesel locomotive. He retired in 1959, devoted himself to Manhattan's Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (cofounded by his father) and launched the Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital in Dayton, Ohio...