Word: repairer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sick divorce laws. What the U.S. really needs is something far more drastic: a complete new approach that totally banishes "fault" and all its sleazy consequences. The most sensible solution would be a system that readily grants divorce only after skilled clinicians confirm that a marriage is beyond repair. In many cases, divorce might be harder to get; in all, it would be far more humane...
Highlight of the conference was a detailed intelligence report, illustrated with reconnaissance photos, on how Hanoi had used the pause to rebuild, recuperate and resupply. Between 20,000 and 40,000 Red Chinese coolies were at work repairing railroads north of Hanoi, while scores of thousands of North Vietnamese laborers worked south of the capital on bridges, roads and other bombed facilities. A major project: establishing a primitive "grid" of interconnecting roads to offer alternative routes if the bombings resumed. Antlike swarms of work gangs took an average of only 48 hours to repair bombed roads, as little...
...most important artery, the posterior tibial, was destroyed for a length of several inches and was beyond repair. The smaller anterior tibial artery had lost only 1½ inches. By taking out splintered bone and shortening the leg slightly, the surgeons were able to pull the two ends of the artery together. Then they drilled through the bone above and below the fracture and inserted four stainless-steel pins; they held the projecting ends of the pins together with steel bars and surgical screws. With everything firmly in place, Dr. Byers and his assistant finished the delicate task of repairing...
There are assuredly more quizzes in store for the test-happy and testy alike. One possibility: The National TV Repair Test. Question: "Your TV set keeps asking you questions. What can be done about it?" Answer: Pull the plug...
...borne by Aetna Life & Casualty Co. Most important, injuries and damage from auto accidents-which account for 40% of all casualty business-reached an alltime high. Not only were accidents more numerous, but they cost more; a smashed windshield, which 15 years ago would have cost $45 to repair, now involves as much as $145. In one injury case, a Michigan jury awarded a husband $9,537.30 for the loss of services and companionship of his wife, even though he outlived her by only seven days after an auto accident and was unconscious all of that time...