Word: occurence
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...which do the job. By & large, however, the U.S. is still well behind Europe in the scientific examination of sudden death. Some 300,000 Americans will die this year from clinically obscure causes, said Dr. Gradwohl last week. Yet in 41 of the 48 states where the deaths will occur, the responsible investigating officer is not required to be a physician...
...virus itself is as old as civilization, and epidemics have been known to occur only in civilized countries. Scientists have ascertained its presence in mummies taken from ancient Egyptian tombs. They attribute the cause to the highly perfected sanitary arrangements in civilized societies. Among savage groups, where sanitation is not developed, children get exposed to the disease early and in small amounts, thus building up an immunity...
...would occur to me that where the primary use of a library is reading and not smoking, non-smoking readers should have as much right to read in comfort as smokers. A. A. Roback...
...nexus of flesh and tissue that joined Chang and Eng together at the waist is not an inherent trait in the Siamese (Chang and Eng, as a matter of fact, were Chinese). Such an anatomical caprice might occur anywhere, in any multiple birth. Fortunately, it rarely does. Most doctors believe that congenitally joined twins are the result of an imperfect splitting of the egg during gestation. The resultant monstrous births may be two complete individuals like Chang and Eng, joined at a single point. Or "they" may be a single individual equipped with an extra (generally useless) arm, leg, head...
...first time in the history of the College, spring registration and the opening of classes will occur on the same day, Monday...