Word: prolongment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chinese common man has one and only one wish-that is to stop the internecine civil war at once. Any outside interference from any country would only prolong and intensify his sufferings...
...Varsity golfers will fee off against Williams today on the Williamstown lines in an attempt to prolong the Crimson's unbeaten record...
...Alexander Brunschwig, of the University of Chicago, specializes in operating on cancer patients given up as inoperable by other surgeons. His drastic operations, he admits, rarely cure, but they usually make the patient more comfortable, often prolong life for years. In a clinical report published last week (Radical Surgery in Advanced Abdominal Cancer; University of Chicago Press; $7.50), Dr. Brunschwig described "the most radical [successful] operation yet recorded...
...detected early, Dr. Ivy observed, stomach cancer is far from hopeless. An operation removing part or all of the stomach may prolong life five to ten years. But once a stomach cancer spreads to the liver, the patient is doomed; though man can do without a stomach, he cannot survive without a liver...
...might prove difficult. For the CCF is strongest among farmers, where the Liberals were losing popularity. And in keeping the CCF pleased, the Liberals would probably lose the rest of the country. Said the Ottawa Journal, "What we face ... is the danger involved in a dying government which can prolong its life only by the grace of the CCF-by progressive surrender to socialism...