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Morris, in his investigation, obtained trays of cut chicken not used for the meal and had them crushed. A smear test revealed the presence of "staphylococcus organisms, which generate a poisonous toxin when they are left in warm...
...these simple symptoms are the only abnormal indications, how does the doctor know if one really has "mono" or if it is a just another cold? Moreover, why can't the student diagnose it himself? The doctor can be sure only after he has examined a blood smear. If he finds many cells of an abnormal type he has good evidence of the disease. A confirmatory tests consists of adding a small sample of the serum to a much larger amount of sheep's red blood cells. If the sheep's cells agglomerate the physician can be virtually positive that...
...figure, obviously, is Vice President Richard Nixon, who is 42. The Vice President would move into the race with two main handicaps : 1) a long Democratic smear campaign against Nixon, which will be used in his own party as evidence that he is a poor candidate; and 2) a personal feud with the key political figure in his own state, Governor Good win J. Knight, who will probably control the California delegation to the Republican National Convention. While Nixon is widely known and well liked by a great number of G.O.P. leaders around the country, the extent of his strength...
Shoal Waters. In Mobile. Ala., Seaman John W. Jones sued the United Fruit Co. for $75,200 damages after he wrenched his back fleeing from a snake in his bunk, slipped on a grease smear and fell off an engine-room ladder...
Whatever the sound was, it was most consciously contrived. From Bing, of course, Frank borrowed the intense care for the lyrics, and a few of those bathtub sonorities the microphone takes so well. From Tommy Dorsey's trombone he learned to bend and smear his notes a little, and to slush-pump his rhythms in the long dull level places. From Billie Holliday he caught the trick of scooping his attacks, braking the orchestra, and of working the "hot acciaccatura"-the "N'awlins" grace note that most white singers flub...