Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...about to take over in Chile, he will probably ask the Peace Corps to leave. I do hope it is politely, because for the last seven years Peace Corps volunteers have been living and working primarily in primitive, remote villages with Chile's poor, trying to help them obtain a bigger share of their country's wealth. The volunteers helped these people realize what a "screwing" they have been getting from their country's affluent. Now at last, with U.S. help, the poor have had the courage at the polls to let their country know how they...
...resolution is passed, a student must still obtain permission of the Senior Tutor of the House, or his equivalent, and department heads, and find an advisor, before submitting a petition to the Committee on Special Studies...
...Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization studied the malpractice mess last October, said it was becoming a "national crisis." But few agree on what action should be taken. Most physicians support legislation limiting their liability; many urge the A.M.A. or the Government to underwrite a reinsurance pool for physicians who cannot obtain malpractice insurance from other carriers. Some suggest that the patient carry surgical-accident insurance similar to that now available to airline passengers. Almost all attack the contingent-fee system under which lawyers receive a portion, usually one-third, of any award made to the patient...
...Guns are frequently easier to obtain in the southern part of the U.S.S.R., however, because of less rigid control and small-arms factories located in the area. Workers smuggle weapons out of the plants and sell them on the black market...
...Rodney Perkins, of Palo Alto, Calif., who tried the buffered formaldehyde solution that has proved successful in the preservation of heart valves. The formaldehyde not only preserves the eardrum and helps retain its shape, but may even improve its tensile strength as well. As a result, doctors can now obtain healthy eardrums and ossicles from deceased donors and store them in an eardrum bank for up to seven months before they are used...