Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...head to his abdomen. It worked only for a few days at a time, then another operation was needed to clean it. To the father Dr. Spitz explained that he would like to drain the brain fluid into the jugular vein. But this would need a valve (to prevent back flow by the blood), and so far no satisfactory valve had been devised-they all had a tendency to clog...
This plan works well when it is intended to prevent block-voting, by national-origin or religious groups, or even by large fraternity groups. No such groups exist here, and the plan effectively solves a non-existent problem. The main effect it can have is to elect the big-name football player to the class committee if he is put down as a ninth choice and works...
...Stoppage of the heart on the operating table is probably the commonest cause of death during surgery. Prompt and heroic repair measures are often reported, but Drs. K. William Edmark and Henry N. Harkins of the University of Washington outlined something better-a way to anticipate and thus prevent the stoppage before it happens. They use a cardio-tachometer, with two electrodes taped to the patient's chest. A heart about to stop, they find, gives a full 30 seconds' warning by a drastic slowdown. The same electrodes can be used to give the faltering heart an electrical...
...unit system decides primaries (the only real elections in one-party Georgia) by counties instead of total popular vote. The eight largest counties cast six votes each, the 30 next-largest four votes, and the remaining 121 counties two votes. Designed to prevent city voters from overpowering the farmer, the system achieves an opposite effect: the farmers overpower the cities. Example: the total of 1,996 voters registered in Chattahoochee, Quitman and Echols Counties, at two unit votes per county, can offset 125,000 in six-vote Fulton County (Atlanta). Since candidates can win by carrying 103 small counties...
America's feeling of "kinship" toward Britain should not prevent this country from opposing her view, he stated...