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...viral infections is desirable. A runny nose is an uncomfortable and socially embarrassing symptom, but the increased fluid secretion by the nasal mucosa is, some experts believe, one of the body's defenses against viral invasion. Drying up the mucosa (usually with anti-histamines), they say, may simply prolong the battle. The fever that results from many virus infections is also widely regarded as a major defense mechanism, might best be allowed to run its course...
...fear that Adenauer would somehow persuade Ike "to keep the cold war alive." To the Daily Mail (circ. 2,071,054), Adenauer was reminiscent of Adolf Hitler, "who ranted and raved to show what a great man he was." To Lord Beaverbrook's Express, Adenauer was "willing to prolong the quarrel between Russia and the U.S. for the purpose -the sole purpose-of recovering East Germany and the lands still further east which were handed over to Poland when Germany was defeated...
Bovine Dentures. False teeth for cows have been developed by Colorado Rancher Rood Menter and Nebraska Dentist Ward Newcomb. Cows often wear out their front teeth by chewing abrasive materials along with grass, thus shortening their lives. The false teeth, consisting of stainless steel caps, were designed to prolong the breeding lives of valuable cows, paying off in extra calves. Cost: about...
Medical science is using many recent discoveries to prolong the period of dying. Therefore, how can anyone who believes that "God is love" and "God is merciful," argue that it is necessary to be actively suffering rather than in a state of medically induced sleep at the time of death...
...strike for ("What we need is a six-hour day, a 34-hour week"). But the seasoned older workers, who well know the belt-tightening frustration of past long strikes, feared another one. Said one Pittsburgh worker: "Some workers even wish the President would seize the mills rather than prolong the agony." A lot of them think it is a matter for union brass alone to decide. "If you're in the Army," says one, "you don't have much to say about whether you're going to march the next morning. We don't have...