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"Her resignation certainly won't solve our financial problem, but at least the chief obstruction to viewing these matters has been removed," she added.

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Bennington Board Replaces Parker With a Trustee | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

Physicians have long used medical jargon to impress gullible laymen. As far back as the 13th century, the medieval physician Arnold of Villanova urged colleagues to seek refuge behind impressive-sounding language when they could not explain a patient's ailment. "Say that he has an obstruction of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Doctors' Jargon | 1/12/1976 | See Source »

> When a dinner partner suddenly begins choking on a piece of food, people generally shy away from sticking their fingers down the victim's throat to remove the obstruction. But that is not the best technique anyway. The most effective emergency treatment is one worked out by Dr. Henry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Capsules, Dec. 8, 1975 | 12/8/1975 | See Source »

(2) The CC '75 strategy did not fail "because there was no real commitment to Cambridge on the part of the young voters..." This conclusion appears to be derived largely from a superficial analysis of the election-night returns by Election Commissioner Edward J. Samp. Jr., whose decade-long obstruction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELECTION COVERAGE | 11/22/1975 | See Source »

Despising obstruction and mocking earth's powers

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bicentennial Essay: The Clock Watchers: Americans at Work | 9/8/1975 | See Source »

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