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Moreover, Dr. James F. Mustard of Hamilton, Ont., asked for a new look at the phenomenon of clotting inside blood vessels, including coronary arteries. In the past ten years, he said, it has been shown that formation of a thrombus that will plug an artery is a complex process following an inflammatory reaction and involving an aggregation of platelets, the smallest solid elements in the blood. It may be possible, he suggested, to use anti-inflammatory drugs to control or prevent some kinds of thrombus formation. But by the same token, it may be unwise to give such drugs-even...
...Legacy. When he became ill, Ruby screamed that his jailers were piping mustard gas into his cell. Later, when doctors discovered that he was suffering from adenocarcinoma-a cancer that had spread swiftly through most of the cavities, ducts and glands of his body-Ruby accused them of injecting him with the disease. Almost from the moment of his arrival at the hospital on Dec. 9, Ruby's case was considered hopeless-and he knew it. Yet he seemed calmer and more lucid at the brink of death than he had for months-possibly because he had a window...
...Little Allergic. Next day, sportily attired in mustard slacks, matching shirt and yellow canvas shoes, Romney drove in an American Motors Rambler to Rocky's cottage for a buffet lunch. By the time the meal was over, the two Governors had achieved a consensus, so to speak, on consensus. "It was an apparent and not a real difference," Romney told reporters on the broad green lawn fronting the cottage. "Personally, I would not have chosen the word consensus.* I was just a little allergic to the previous association of the word. But I agree the Governors should reach...
...Baltimore Orioles had just beaten the Kansas City Athletics 6-1 to clinch the American League pennant-Baltimore's first in 69 years-and the Birds were flying. The delirious Orioles poured magnums of champagne over each other's heads; beer cans, pickles, jars of mustard and cartons of milk sailed through the dressing room. Club Owner Jerry Hoffberger was heaved bodily into the shower. He staggered out soaking wet, grabbed a telephone, and placed a person-to-person call to a Mr. William O. DeWitt in Cincinnati. "Mr. DeWitt?" crooned Hoffberger. "I just want to tell...
CACTUS FLOWER. In a sex farce from France, a seasoned playboy dentist (Barry Nelson) loves nothing more than to cut the mustard. His seemingly bland nurse (Lauren Bacall) puts an end to all that with relish...