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Andrew Conway Ivy, who ranks high among U.S. physiologists and still higher as a vice president of the University of Illinois and booster of its medical schools, was on the spot last winter. For 18 months, he had been doing hush-hush research with a drug named Krebiozen which seemed to have helped a few cancer patients for a while. He wanted to go on and find out whether Krebiozen was really valuable, and that would take years...
...seconds, there was the loudest hush 5,000 men have ever heard. The inevitable joker uttered the inevitable "pop," but his voice quavered. Then came a flash that outshone...
...existence with letters from her dropsy-cure customers, as does the cold, business-minded Verena with her profitable, secret ventures. Catherine, who is "dark as the angels of Africa" takes delight in cursing That One (Verena). "Her ugly moods sifted through the house like sour yellow mist. That One. Hush now, hush...
...still no way for anxious Britons to estimate their King's chances of recovery. The country remained deeply anxious. The crowds in front of the Palace had gone about their business, but passers-by still stopped for a moment or two to look at the draped windows. A hush hung over the Palace. The Coldstream Guards on sentry duty at the Palace were ordered to step quietly and not to bring their rifle butts heavily to the ground...
...rimmed glasses. His mouth was set hard. His slim, square shoulders seemed a bit too slight for the heavy bullion of the lieutenant general's epaulets they bore. At the first step of the red-carpeted dais before the throne, he stopped, turned, and bowed right & left. A hush hung over the chamber ; the young man's black shoes glistened in the subdued light. He raised his right hand with two long, slim fingers pointing upward and in a tensely precise voice, he vowed: "I swear to observe the constitution and the laws of the Belgian people...