Word: heat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WHEREAS: What shall we do in the heat of summer But wait in barren orchard for another October--T. S. Eliot...
...Propulsion Laboratory is admittedly far behind in its campaign to explore the moon's surface by means of unmanned Ranger spacecraft. Of the five Rangers launched so far, none has worked well enough to send back useful information. J.P.L. blames a good part of the failure on the heat treatment given the Rangers to prevent them from contaminating the moon with earthly microorganisms; but whatever the "cause, the delay is already on the books...
Undaunted by Los Angeles' 110° heat, Coach Bud Wilkinson's ground-hugging Sooners romped at will through the porous U.S.C. line, handed the Trojans their first loss in more than a year. Other scores...
Facts of Mystery. Characteristically inexplicable was what happened in Philadelphia during a heat wave in the last two weeks of June. There were 19 crib deaths, more than twice the usual number, among babies under six months, mostly boys. One explanation offered was that the babies died of dehydration, and this seemed plausible for a time because there were only one or two crib deaths right after the heat broke. But post-mortem examination of the victims showed no dehydration. And other cities that had suffered the same heat, or worse, reported no increase in crib deaths, which only served...
...massage, Dr. Grant points out, should not be tried in such joint disorders as rheumatoid arthritis, which are known to be eased by heat and aggravated by cold. But for routine strains, sprains, bruises and Charley horses, he finds chilling to the point of numbness the most effective treatment yet devised. And even though patients may complain at first of its discomfort, they usually feel so much better after the treatment that they go home and do it for themselves...