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...downstroke, which doctors call the "Q" wave, is formed as the ventricles begin to contract to pump blood out. The major part of the current flow is the high, thin upstroke of the "R" wave; the thin downstroke is simply return to the base line. Then follows the heavy, hump-shaped "T" wave that marks the repolarization of the muscle surface; some subjects also show a short dip called "S" (not pictured here) before...
Third Day. "The conference," said a British spokesman, "is over the hump." The ministers dined with Sir Winston Churchill and heard a powerful disquisition on his current obsession, defense against the H-bomb. Optimism was in the air. All that remained was to work out the details on how best to control German rearmament. Eden's plan was to settle some of these thorny questions in four-way talks between West Germany and the three occupying powers, leave the rest to committees of experts. But it didn't work out that...
...practiced poet, an authority on classical literature-and a ruined man. His eyes were so damaged that he could not bear the light of day; if he moved rapidly, "his head hammered and his pulses beat"; he was incapable of speaking to a stranger. Worst of all, a "double hump" had appeared between his shoulders-"a curvature of the spinal column...
...last third of the film depicts the journey home, during which Lowell Sr. was thrown from a horse and broke his hip while only part way over the Hump to India. This part is a major bore. But the moviegoer who .manages to sit still to the end will be rewarded by another glimpse of the almost incredible Himalayan scenery in its opal mood...
Chances are that spectators in the I.A.B. at 8 p.m. tonight will see the varsity basketball team go over the .500 hump for the second time this season. The Crimson, with four wins and four losses, will be favored on its home court to beat a fast Northeastern quintet with a three and two record...