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Explaining that "I don' sing too good," the plump evangelist snatched the microphone and struggled through six verses of "He'll Understand." As he sang the words "my hands sore and scarred from the work I have done," Owen glanced down at his own fat, pink hands and suddenly shoved them into his pockets. A small boy picked up his hat and coat, but was jammed back into a seat by his father...
...Japan is the sore spot in the whole plan," Lopez continued. "The people of the Philippines still hold mental reservations toward any mutual treaties with the Japanese. However, the Philippines and the other nations of the Pacific area must, and will eventually, overcome these animosities for their own security," Lopez concluded...
Tonsils should never be removed just because they are large (no harm in that, and small, embedded ones may be worse), or because of frequent sore throats, says Dr. Lederer. The operation should be performed only if the tonsils have been "acutely and repeatedly" infected. Then it should be done in a hospital by a specialist. But nowadays, with the new antibiotics, serious infections starting in the tonsils should be few & far between. Says Dr. Lederer: "We certainly should expect the number of tonsillectomies to drop off dramatically and almost . . . completely...
...looking ulcer on his ankle, explained: "First there was an abscess. When it became very painful, I cut it with a penknife. This did not cure it. The village barber told me to apply lime and tobacco. It got worse and I tried a local remedy, covering up the sore with mud. That did not do any good, either." The student put on a sulfa dressing, told Sriramulu he was lucky not to have developed tetanus...
...Sore Point. The Canton, Ohio station is just as sore a point with some; one passenger described its men's room as "a place that would turn a vulture's stomach." But what irritates a few Cantonians most is the grudging attitude of Pennsylvania employees toward passengers. Said Assistant Vice President H. W. Hoover Jr. of the Hoover (vacuum cleaners) Co.: "They show . . . utter disregard of their responsibility to the public." Hoover executives are so indignant that they refuse to ride the Pennsy from Chicago to their headquarters at Canton...