Word: isolationized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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If it all went off without a hitch, the reason was that the army and police had rounded up everyone able to cause trouble. Some suspects had been dragged off to jail to sit out the ceremonies; many another had been told to stay out of Asuncion for a while...
Syphilis & the Common Cold. In research, P.H.S. has chalked up a notable list of firsts. Among them: discovery (1914) of the cause, cure and prevention of pellagra; identification (1925) of brucellosis (undulant fever); first use (1942) of continuous caudal anesthesia in childbirth; proof (1943) of the effectiveness of penicillin in...
Mrs. Hildebrand was an infant when her Mennonite parents left Russia and joined Canada's new Mennonite colony in the Red River Valley. The empty west assured isolation and few distractions for the Godfearing. They had their churches as they wanted them, without organ, altar or ornamentation. Their preachers...
The gradual settling of the prairies ended Mennonite isolation. Good crops brought prosperity. Neighbor vied with Mennonite neighbor for such worldly possessions as automobiles and radios. Children brought home new ideas. Old-line Mennonites shook their heads over marriages outside the fold, the trend away from the soil. Then, in...
In foreign policy its record was distinguished: its decisions marked the end of 152 years of U.S. peacetime isolation. Though the Administration, using its constitutional prerogative, initiated policy, the Both Congress, led by Senator Arthur Vandenberg, forged the imposing tools by which the bipartisan foreign policy was put into effect...