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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chronicle Columnist Stan ("Postcards") Delaplane stepped up to a bar for a bracer. From the other side, he was handed a drink he had never tasted before. Delaplane inquired and got-complete with an Irishman's flair for a tale-Bartender Joe Sheridan's explanation of the origin of the drink...
...believe that the stars and stripes owe their origin to the coat of arms of the Washington family. May I refer you to a church in Windermere, England? . . . It was built in 1485; John Washington, an ancestor of George's, was active in the church building. In his honor his coat of arms was placed near the top and center of the stained-glass window where it remains to be seen today . . . white stars on blue field and red and white stripes...
...pious man, no sophist, of simple origin and sympathies, no snob; he is neutral by dint of his small country's powerlessness, but his political ideology is that of the West. "Burma and America are in the same boat-we fight the same evils," he once declared. And although he was awed and impressed by Red China during his recent visit to Peking, U Nu did not shrink from publicly proclaiming to Mao: "Americans are a very generous and brave people...
...called Menderes, the winding Meander of Greek times was the origin of the modern word meander. *Massive stars that explode suddenly, turning most of their matter into a burst of radiation. In the Milky Way galaxy, they appear roughly once in 500 years...
...Strength. The origin of the regenerated tissue posed an interesting question. Some layers were probably the result of the body's normal healing process, and others may have been formed from blood cells; connective tissue undoubtedly was formed from the ureters and urethra. But the appearance of smooth muscle in the pouch was, in the words of the doctors, "more difficult to rationalize" : true regeneration of smooth muscle has been observed only in rare situations, and mostly in animals. After considering several possible sources, doctors could only conclude that the smooth muscle in the new bladder may somehow have...