Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Transplantation of the cartilage that surrounds the bone in joints would offer hope to vast numbers of victims of arthritis and other joint diseases. And, said Glasgow's Dr. Thomas Gibson, there would be no rejection problem, because cartilage is bloodless. But cartilage by itself is not enough. In animals, joints have been reconstructed successfully with cartilage left adhering to a delicately sculptured layer of bone, though Gibson is not yet ready to try that approach...
...letter to each of them last month, he exuded a gentle, parental tone. "I hope you'll read [this] through," O'Boyle wrote. "Try to understand why I see things the way I do, and try to reconsider your own position." When the priests replied, in a joint statement, that they were sticking to their position, the Cardinal warned a dozen of them that they might be suspended. He later summoned all 52 to his office and admonished them to accept the Pope's teaching authority. He demanded individual written responses from all the priests...
...first step, the new charter's provision for an independent supreme court has been implemented by the National Assembly. The Supreme Court will consolidate the two highest tribunals, which handle criminal and civil cases (Court of Cassation) and administrative cases (Council of State). A joint session of the National Assembly will elect the court's 15 judges to six-year terms. Their extensive powers will include the right to interpret the constitution, decide on the dissolution of political parties opposed to the republican form of government, and review all laws, decrees and administrative decisions. Most important, the Supreme...
...York and Paris, the service charges from $11,500 to $18,625, depending on the day of the week and the time of the day. Similarly, black-and-white television prices range from $8,350 to $13,100 an hour. The returns, of course, are high. On a total joint investment of approximately $103 million as of July 31, members distributed some $33 million in profits among themselves. Communications Satellite Corp. (better known as Comsat), representing the U.S., realized a net income of more than $3,300,000 during the first half of 1968, up 58% from a year earlier...
Although he insisted that "We're not in this to persuade the blacks to do what we want to do," Canning personally thinks the most effective demonstration would be "a joint one which whites could join because of something called good taste...