Word: patiently
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Rumania's state TV network ran out of shows, fans of the raincoated detective began to protest, and the beleaguered network cabled Universal Studios for temporary relief. Said Falk in Hollywood last week: "The Rumanian government got me to tape an announcement in Rumanian saying, 'Just be patient; there'll be more Columbos. Hold tight.' They flew here with a camera crew and gave me a piece of paper with what to say, and I did it." When Falk's pidgin Rumanian is heard back home, the crisis may be quickly resolved...
...debunk faith healing, but he is the first to write open-mindedly about metaphysical medicine. He became so imbued with investigatory zeal that he subjected himself to a "psychic operation." The result of his two years of research is a book that should serve as a warning to any patient who prefers spirits to science...
...often caused by emotional problems, did feel relief after the healing service. So did people with bursitis, a painful but transient joint inflammation, and a few with multiple sclerosis, a cyclical disease that often gets better before it gets worse. But cancer victims remained noticeably unhealed. One cancer patient, who felt so good during the service witnessed by Nolen that she exercised onstage, died of the disease four months later...
...study conducted for the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke now questions whether so long a wait is necessary. Dr. Benjamin Boshes, chairman of the department of neurology at Northwestern University and spokesman for the study group, says that a patient whose brain shows no activity for at least 30 minutes is "as dead as he ever will be." As a result, Boshes and his colleagues are proposing a new definition of death...
Gruesome Work. The study bases its recommendation on a long research project ("three years of the most gruesome work," according to Boshes) conducted by doctors from nine institutions under a grant from N.I.N.D.S. The researchers studied 503 seriously ill or severely injured patients whose brains had apparently stopped functioning. In each case, the doctors determined whether this lack of brain activity was caused by a drastically lowered body temperature, by drugs (tranquilizers, heroin, or barbiturates mixed with alcohol can result in a flat EEG), or by injuries or ailments. They also tested the patient's ability to respond...