Word: processes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Until last year, Puerto Rico's Governors were appointed by the U.S. President, subject to Senate confirmation. Judges of the island's Supreme Court are still presidential appointees, but Puerto Ricans feel that they took a long step ahead in the democratic process when a new U.S. law allowed them to elect their own governor...
...Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital think they have found a way to sterilize the blood and kill the virus without making the blood harmful or useless. They have used nitrogen mustard, a war gas, and are now experimenting with a chemical called dimethyl sulphate. To prove the process safe, Dr. Hartman subjected himself to three transfusions. He felt all right afterward. Then he gave sterilized plasma to several hundred patients; none got jaundice (untreated blood that contains the virus causes jaundice in 5% to 7% of patients...
Victor and Columbia developed their systems simultaneously. Each offered its process to the other, but neither would give in, preferring to carry the battle to the field of sales. Now, as the companies maneuver with new prices and improving quality, most consumrs stand by and watch, refusing to buy what may soon be obsolete. Until an industry agreement on how these new systems should be used (such as using the Columbia system for classical records and the Victor system for popular) is reached, the present confusion will continue for both manufacturer and consumer...
...installing Vari-Typers and similar equipment from International Business Machines. The Trib, which used to pay its 460 printers about $45,000 a week, now pays its 161 VariType operators only $10,000 a week. By putting more money and more thought than its rivals into developing the new process, the Trib had gotten the best results. In news coverage and news play, also, it was still Chicago's liveliest sheet. Nevertheless, its circulation had slumped-from 1,010,000 at the strike's outset to around 950,000 last week. Nobody knew just why. Best guess...
...Dukes, and notably Peter Fernandez and Al Ramsen, give excellent performances. They do so well, in fact, that they could get along without any help from Pundit Pearson, who shows up again at the end to preach the moral. In the process, he almost pulls the teeth of a film that has a lot of bite...