Word: sisson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first, his technique did not get much attention in the U.S., partly because American specialists did not know much about it. But in 1976, at the urging of U.S. Air Force Surgeon Frederick McConnel, who had seen Staffieri's work, Northwestern University's Dr. George Sisson tried the operation on a throat cancer patient deeply depressed at the prospect of losing her voice. The results were remarkable, as were those of another early patient, Bessie Parello, who could speak 20 minutes at a time two weeks after her operation. Since then at least 75 people in Chicago, Atlanta...
Most of the lawyers refused to comment recently on whether they try cases in the Middlesex court, although Abner Sisson said he did so "sometimes...
...games of vertical football, with each floor pitted against the other three. The evening games may keep the students away from their Gov 30 reading, but they also seem to bring most of them closer together as friends. "We have a very socially contained community," notes Philip A. Sisson '80, a second-floor resident...
...believe in requiring a student to mortgage his future," Sisson said. "Education is the responsibility of the country at large, which includes parents, alumni and taxpayers...
...Sisson said the reduction in federal funds for financial aid is "encouraging a change in thinking here about graduate student scholarships. We think greater emphasis should be put on financial need. Awards are now made primarily on the basis of academic ability...