Word: repairer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...some mitral and aortic valves are so badly damaged and distorted that they are beyond repair. If he could take a piece of metal out of the heart, Harken wondered, why couldn't he put one in? Then he could replace an irreparable valve. When heart-lung machines were perfected, the way was opened for valve replacement. By now. Dr. Harken has implanted 47 heart valve replacements and many hundreds of similar heart valve operations have been done across the U.S. Human Substitute. Aside from Dr. Harken's work, most of the pioneering in heart surgery has been...
...surgeon, there remains a major repair job. For structural support and to diminish the size of the opening, he builds a latticework of sutures across the win dow, covering them with strong connective tissue (fascia) from an ox. After much meticulous suturing, the wound has a taut look before the skin is closed...
...they will continue to make little money unless they break better than even on every commodity they carry. Without an increased profit margin, the railroads will not have enough capital funds to improve their service (they have 217,000 miles of track and nearly 1,700,000 cars to repair, replace, and maintain...
...usual enthusiasm, the '63 models are better than those of any previous year in terms of styling, quality and variety. While prices have barely increased since 1958, the manufacturers' now-standard warranty of two years has added about $50 to the value of each car by lowering repair costs. Another inducement to buying comes from the strength of the used-car market; two-year-old models, when traded in for new ones, bring $50 to $100 more now than they did 18 months...
...describes Eduardo Barreiros Rodriguez, 43, the chainsmoking Spanish industrialist who, in partnership with Gulf Oil, is busy building a network of 500 auto service stations across Spain. As a struggling mechanic in the provinces, Barreiros lost four fingers in mishaps. But in 15 years, he parlayed his family auto repair shop into a $670 million industrial empire (diesel engines, machinery, electrical equipment) that ranks among Spain's six largest private enterprises. Barreiros has just signed a contract to produce diesel engines, trucks and tractors in Colombia. He still lives in a modest apartment and sticks to his simple success...