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Word: metuchen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Muscular dystrophy, a progressive wasting of muscle power for which neither cause nor cure is known, has a way of attacking families. George Anderson of Metuchen, N.J. watched his two teen-age brothers die from the disease. Confined to a wheelchair since the age of seven, George nevertheless determined not to let the disease destroy his life. He studied at home, last June got a diploma from the Metuchen high school. He became a TV and Brooklyn Dodger fan, took up water-coloring. George fought so hard to live that his parents and his three sisters (none of whom seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Good Fight | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

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