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...Porpoise on the House. So this season was ushered in with a great rustling of new leaves being turned. Some of the big exhibits have taken steps to shorten their waiting lines by opening earlier, staying open later, taking advance reservations for seats, increasing auditorium seats (General Electric) or speeding the flow with an extra door (Ford). The three-car Glide-a-Ride trains have been rerouted and coded with color to make their destinations less of a mystery, and the $9-an-hour, four-passenger Escorters-famed for their frequent breakdowns-have been eliminated altogether. Admission...
...best a distorted and mistaken decision." One of High Oaks's directors, in fact, insists that Mary was responding well to the spiritual treatment. Even if she was certain to die, argue pastors, no one has the right to take into his own hands the decision to shorten another person's life...
...addition to moving the deadline back, some tutors suggested that the department shorten the required length of the thesis and set up a series of seminars to facilitate preparation for generals...
...shorten the story, to this day I have been refused the refund of a single cent by the HSA, although my cancelation was nearly a full month in advance of flight. This is a staggering individual loss, in the face of the profits of HSA which must run in the thousands of dollars ($10 per head times at least 100 in each plane times 10 to 12 charter flights). It is not clear that even their unconscionable contract covers my case, and I have been refused access by Mr. Burke to look at their records to ascertain this...
There was no need to put anything in place of the removed meniscus; the knee would recover as the space filled up naturally with air and fluid. But in his examination of the joint, Dr. Nicholas found that a ligament had been pulled and stretched. To shorten and thereby tighten it, he doubled it back on itself and "plicated" (pleated) it with sutures. To be sure that there was nothing wrong with the outside of Namath's knee, where he had had pain, Dr. Nicholas made a second incision and took a careful look. It was in good shape...