Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...five patients who have so far received permanent Jarvik-7 hearts, three are still alive. But all have suffered serious complications. William Schroeder, 53, at 42 weeks the longest survivor, has had two strokes; his speech and memory are impaired. Murray Haydon, 59, also had a stroke. Swedish Businessman Leif Stenberg, 53, the only non-American to receive a Jarvik-7 and the patient who had fared the best so far, recently suffered a severe stroke in Stockholm. Stenberg's misfortune was particularly disappointing to Heart Developer Robert Jarvik; the heart implanted in the Swede was a newer version...
Local women's groups and civil libertarians--including the Cambridge Commission on the Status of Women--oppose the measure on the grounds that it violates first amendment rights of free speech. They charge that such a law could be used against women to ban valuable publications on birth control and women's bodies...
...have any doubt that this matter is unconstitutional [although] we have no choice but to place it on the ballot," said City Councilor David E. Sullivan, who called the proposal "repugnant to free speech" and "thought-control...
...seemingly obscure data caused a major furor in Sweden this summer as members of the Swedish news media charged the Prime Minister had committed tax fraud by backhandedly trying to secure the scholarship for his son. Opponents of Palme charged that by refusing a highly taxable fee for the speech, he intended to defer the money for a tax-free study grant for his son. Both Palme and Kennedy School officials denied the allegations and said that there was no connection between the scholarship and the lecture stipend...
...plastic braces, available for the past ten years, have made orthodontics more palatable to adults, who now account for 20% of the braces business. "Invisible," or lingual, braces, which are applied to the backs of teeth, are even less conspicuous, though some users complain of tongue irritation and mild speech problems...