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...This may permit the rest of the brain to die slowly, even over a period of years. Perhaps the most expedient standard would be EEG readings showing irreversible damage, but few would have the courage to follow Aristotle Onassis's example of a few months ago in "pulling the plug" on a machine maintaining the heartbeat of an only...

Author: By Thomas H. Lee, | Title: Suspended Animation and Other Delights | 4/27/1973 | See Source »

Marion, never really concerned that Harvard would lose, used the match to experiment a little with his younger fencers, hoping to find some talent to plug holes in next year's team...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Fencers Turn Back Dartmouth, 15-12 | 2/22/1973 | See Source »

With Vujovic and Hinze out of the picture for next season, Munro will have to plug some gaping holes in next year's team. The two sophomores combined for 14 goals and 14 assists last fall. Another autumn may be bleak for soccer fans.Former Crimson booters DRAGAN VUJOVIC and BENT HINZE went home to Europe after academic disillusionments at Harvard...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Soccer Star Vujovic Leaves Harvard | 2/7/1973 | See Source »

Hunt retired from the agency in 1970. "The Bay of Pigs," he says bitterly, "really ended my chance for substantial advancement within the CIA, because I was associated with it and the thing went sour." In 1971 he was asked to join the White House to plug security leaks. "It wasn't a petty operation. There were major leaks involving the SALT talks, operations in India. One leak resulted in the extermination of one of our agents in Asia. The Administration couldn't stand for that, and I worked closely with the CIA trying to stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: The Spy in the Cold | 1/29/1973 | See Source »

...Your headline about "American Wine..." is most misleading. It turned out to be a grand plug for California wine, not the wines of America, or even the U.S. In your rapture about the California product you make only a passing reference to the wines of New York. Also, why the omission of Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 18, 1972 | 12/18/1972 | See Source »

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