Word: promptness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...carbutamide or tolbutamide tablets may help a vast number of diabetics: persons in middle or late life, usually those of a rather heavy or stocky build, whose disease is relatively mild and stable: 80% of such patients get prompt relief. If the drugs do not work, the patient can be put back on insulin immediately with little or no harm done. A rough-and-ready guide to indicate who may benefit from the new tablets if and when they become available for general prescription use: patients who normally need 40 units of insulin a day or less...
...Hopper '24, associate professor of Government, feels that it is most important that the United States should, "keep quiet, and let Poland settle it." He said that any American statements or actions at this time might be construed as interference in the affairs of the satelites and could prompt the Russians to resort to force...
Adlai had been toying with his H-bomb notions since last April when, in the midst of his campaign for the Democratic nomination, he said: "I believe we should give prompt and earnest consideration to stopping further tests of the hydrogen bomb." In subsequent speeches and statements he declared his hope that, once the U.S. set the example, the Russians might follow suit. If they refused, the U.S. could detect the violation (by-air samplings) and then "reconsider its policy...
...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...
...league history. Most colorful was the one between the Boston Red Sox and the Washington Senators in 1917, which was only recently declared "perfect" by baseball's official historians. The first Senator to bat actually reached first base, but he was walked by Pitcher Babe Ruth, who was prompt ly thrown out of the game for clouting Plate Umpire Brick Owens to express his displeasure. The runner was caught stealing, and Relief Pitcher Ernie Shore, called in cold from the bullpen, disposed of the next 26 Senators with out walking one or allowing...