Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...blood settle slowly in a slightly inclined cylinder and a helical reservoir, both coated on the inside with an antifoaming compound long used by brewers. The DeWall oxygenator, coupled to two standard commercially available pumps, won quick favor in many surgical centers. It is now-with minor local modifications-the type most widely used in the U.S. (see diagram), though some surgeons still refuse to bubble blood...
...effectiveness. Virtually the same operation, though done in execution of a different theory, attracted wide U.S. attention in January. It was reported by Philadelphia's Robert Prentice Glover. Glover gives credit to Italian surgeons for developing the technique, finds that the operation can be performed under a local anesthetic promptly after a heart attack...
...those who think Ford's Continental is too cheap for their taste, General Motors last week rolled out Cadillac's Eldorado Brougham, the most expensive of all U.S. production cars. Price: $13,074, not including transportation charges (about $160 extra), state and local taxes, compared to $9,891 for the Continental...
...Yates dies at last, after guzzling lukewarm champagne from the bottle, but not before he has shown himself tougher even than a U.S. visitor who thoughtfully retired to the more civilized climate of Texas. U.S. readers will appreciate Author Ronan's narrative gusto, his authentic, sometimes stomach-turning local color, and the chance to compare the U.S. and down-under forms of the western. Some differences spring to mind at once: Australian cowboys are called stockmen; they use 21-ft. whips rather than lariats; the noble redman of the plains is an ignoble blackfellow, i.e., aborigine; most important...
Textbook. In Havant, England, the local Road Safety Council announced that it had available a copy of the British Highway Code in Braille...