Word: rem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unit that science uses to measure radiation exposure is the rem. It expresses a fixed amount of absorbed energy, corrected for the biological effects of different kinds of radiation. Radiation's vital targets: gonads and bone marrow. From natural sources, the average man is exposed to about one-tenth rem annually. In developed countries, he may also get almost as much extra each year from medical and dental X rays...
...Panama's Jose Antonio ("Chichi") Remón became national police chief in 1947, made and unmade five Presidents, won a free election himself in 1952, was chopped down, at 46, by machine gun bullets at Panama City's old Juan Franco race track in January...
Some makers are already off to a good start in taking their eggs out of the military basket. This year's civilian orders are up 600% for Rem-Cru Titanium Inc., owned jointly by Remington Arms Co. and Crucible Steel Co. of America. The total is still small, but a few big contracts are beginning to roll in. Last week Freeport Sulphur Co. ordered about $500,000 worth of titanium tubing from Titanium Metals Corp. of America to carry a highly corrosive ore slurry at Freeport's new nickel and cobalt mine in Cuba...
...Rem is the only cough medicine compounded of its 14 medically approved ingredients, works through the upper chest and bronchial tubes to ease that tight feeling, help break up phlegm and wheezy congestion...
...Haven't Much Strength." The afternoon of dignified salutations wore on. At the tomb of Panamanian President José Antonio Remón, who was assassinated 19 months ago, President Eisenhower laid a wreath, paused to chat with Remón sister, Carmen Hortensia Remón, who asked about his health. Ike's reply quickly buzzed through the press corps in three different languages. "I am feeling fairly well," he said. "I haven't much strength, but I keep going...