Word: mr
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Under the circumstances, we feel compelled to offer Mr. Jackson membership to the hallowed halls of Losers Incorporated. In this case, we will waive the initiation fee and annual dues...
...Denali Strikes Back" [Aug. 11], I was amazed that Bradford Washburn blamed "serious tactical blunders" for the mountaineering disaster. This statement seems to indicate that the expedition made some mistakes that most mountaineers would routinely avoid and that these errors were largely responsible for the tragedy. In talking with Mr. Washburn, I find that he had only sketchy information and did not at first understand why the expedition split into two groups. He certainly did not mean to imply that the tactics were responsible for the tragedy...
Napalm is indivisible. If apartheid is deplored in South Africa, it cannot be applauded in the theories of Mr. Stokely Carmichael." Intellectuals should be properly informed before they take a stand. "The idea that a strong human intelligence can be brought to bear on any subject under the sun may date from the Renaissance, but there were then fewer subjects under the sun." Abstract pronouncements are useless in deciding between the "respective rectitude of Biafra and the Nigerian Federal government. It is only surprising that intellectuals still back countries or factions in countries as others back football teams or horses...
...made radiation (now equal to half the total of natural radiation) adds up to 55 mR* annually for every American, said Dr. Morgan, and 90% of this comes from diagnostic X rays. At Oak Ridge, where nuclear physicists are so conscious of radiation hazards that they have done everything conceivable to reduce them, the skin exposure from a chest X ray is 10 mR. This low and relatively safe dose can be matched in any well-equipped, properly run X-ray department and it is achieved by qualified personnel in many of the better hospitals. But, said Dr. Morgan...
When the doctor uses a fluoroscope to see the thoracic organs in motion, the range is from 5 mR to 400 mR...