Word: radial
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...circumstances under which it is not feasible to remove the patient's clothing to record, blood pressure. The answer is a diaphragm (not bell) stethoscope appropriately positioned on the elbow. The auscultatory systolic blood pressure in the elbow can be confirmed by inflating the cuff and palpating the radial pulse at the wrist. When Mr. Krishna Menon collapsed at the U.N., I applied my blood pressure cuff on top of his clothing. There was a reading of 220 mm. I confirmed this blood pressure again by palpation of the radial pulse...
...When work was slowed on one job because of a materials shortage, employees were instantly transferred to another job. And to keep supervisors on their toes, the project manager issued a daily list of general instructions and production questions "in taut, straightforward language." Sample: "Mallory- what happened to the radial...
...A.M.F. began to diversify with a vengeance, sending scouts around the country to find companies for sale. A.M.F. investigated more than 400 companies, bought nine, mostly by trading A.M.F. stock: Transducer Corp. (radar, electronics engineering), Union Machinery Co. (baking equipment), DeWalt, Inc. (radial arm saws and homecraft power tools), Cleveland Welding Co. ("Roadmaster" bicycle, second largest seller in the U.S.) Junior Toy Corp. ("Junior" tricycle, biggest seller in the U.S.), Sterling Engineering Co. Inc. (electrical relays), Float-Lock Corp. (drill press vises), Thompson-Bremer & Co. (lock nuts and washers, electrical terminals) and Leland Electric Co. (electrical motors and equipment...
...Picts grew slightly more sophisticated, they developed a better dwelling: a "wheelhouse" with radial, spokelike partitions supporting a massive roof of stone and turf. When the village was fully developed, the courtyard was crammed with five of these stone igloos...
...Chevrolet Division got the first installment of its biggest defense order: a contract to produce jet engines for the Air Force. Production site: an idle plant at Tonawanda, N.Y., where Chevrolet turned out 60,766 Pratt & Whitney radial engines during World...