Word: limb
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What followed has not been easy on Japanese muscles. For generations Japanese have knelt on tatami (matting), staggered under heavy loads, shuffled pigeon-toed to keep their wooden clogs from slipping off. Many Japanese have thick thighs, knotty calves and short legs. But sturdiness of limb renders the Japanese dancers strong on point, and their natural determination makes for well-disciplined performers. And some observers have noted that the new generation's proportions are closer to the long-legged Western ideal. The cultural hurdle has been even more imposing than the structural difficulties. Ballet plots, often obscure at their...
Most artificial arms are based on a simple principle: mechanical linkage carries muscle power to the artificial limb, from either the shoulder or the stump muscles. Convinced that mechanically transmitted muscle power was not the best solution, Professor Siegmund Weil and Technician Otto Häfner of Heidelberg University set out to develop a light, small and more efficient substitute. This week, after seven years of research, they were busy teaching amputees how to use their invention: an artificial arm operated by pressurized...
...system of tiny valves. The valves can be opened or closed by the slightest movement of the muscles over which they are placed. The opening of each valve causes carbon dioxide to spurt from the container through a corresponding tube to tiny air bellows that move part of the limb. The carbon gases escape through a special exhaust...
...normal utensils, grasp an object firmly or gently. Some can type, use keys, write with a pen. The new arm costs between $357 and $600, including the cost of a three-to four-week course in adjustment at the Heidelberg University Clinic. Chief disadvantage: depending on how often the limb is used, the supply of carbon dioxide has to be renewed every two days to two weeks...
...also opposed to the NAACP according to Mr. Talmadge. This piece of revelation is gained by observing that "nature has produced white birds, black birds, blue birds, and red birds, and they do not roost on the same limb or use the same nest." With the Constitution and God on his side, and Abraham Lincoln's "true views" thrown in for good measure, Talmadge is pretty well equipped to defend his sovereign state of Georgia against innovations...