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...ally. His subordinates predicted that Argentina's behavior at this month's Washington conference of American foreign ministers will prove that he is. But by week's end, the anti-U.S. line of the Peronista press had changed not a whit. The screw was turned yet tighter on La Prensa...
...body) causes irritation which results in increased circulation in the region. In a minor operation, Pease bores a hole in the bone of a stunted leg about one-half inch from the epiphyseal plate (the layer of growing cells near the end of a bone) and inserts a small screw. A screw of almost any material will cause enough irritation to promote circulation, but Dr. Pease prefers ivory because it is eventually absorbed by the body. Under the stimulus of increased circulation, bones of younger children begin to grow faster in a matter of months...
...that's all. They get mad. But when we get orders to move, I have got some saved up, and then I'm not such a bad guy." The tire repaired, Sergeant Lloyd went over to a compressor which would not work, turned a screw, took hold of a valve, told a G.I. who was standing by to kick the thing; after three tries, the thing worked. "Of course," he said, in explanation of the procedure,"the bad problem is parts. We don't do bad. If we come across anything on the road, damaged, we strip...
Turn of the Screw. In Tulsa, a vengeful thug stole a police car from headquarters, used its two-way radio to taunt the cops in the station, got clean away...
Turn of the Screw. In St. Louis, Mrs. Grace C. Hill, protesting a new reduction in her tenants' rents, mailed area Rent Director Grover C. Vandover the deed to her house and a note: "You are no doubt in better position to operate the property at a profit under your restrictions, so here it is with my blessings...