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...result of injury is to cut cells open, in the case of a stab wound or burn, or to weaken their membranes, in the case of many infections or poisoning by plants or animals. Either way, powerful chemicals that had been locked inside the cells, some in leakproof packages, spill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pathology: What Causes Inflammation And Why It Occurs | 6/16/1967 | See Source »

Inflamed Red. That opened up the whole question of anti-inflammatory drugs, how they work and which are best. How they work on some cells at some times seems clear: the cortisone group of hormones strengthens the lysosome membrane, making it less likely to spill out its enzymes. But the field is booby-trapped with paradoxes. If a rat is given a local injection of histamine, a notorious cause of inflammation, it has a strong reaction. But if the rat first gets a histamine shot into its abdominal cavity, said Dr. Glenn, a later local injection will have little effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pathology: What Causes Inflammation And Why It Occurs | 6/16/1967 | See Source »

...stroke of luck, the most successful audit (in terms of proposals accepted) was the first and most highly-publicized one, the Government Department audit. That audit combined hard-working subcommittee members with a cooperative department chairman, and the spill-over from that success has set the tone for the whole program. "It acted as a catalyst for other departments," Riesman has noted; he feels that it helps a reform-minded Faculty member to be able to say authoritatively that "the students want this." Chalmers too thinks that the audits have been the HPC's most valuable contribution. "They make people...

Author: By Linda J. Greenhouse, | Title: HPC Meets Mixed Success, Leads Sheltered Existence | 6/15/1967 | See Source »

...sooner had the Theater Atlanta Repertory Company started its run of Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra than its Queen of the Nile, Actress Kathryn Loder, took a spill onstage and broke her hand. Her doctors ordered her out of the show, and T.A. Director Jay Broad feared he might have to close the run in his new $1,000,000 house. Then he learned that Negro Actress Diana Sands, 32, was playing Lady Macbeth at nearby Spelman College. Would she fill in? Delighted, said Diana. After four days of rehearsals, she opened as Cleopatra, playing to a near-capacity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 31, 1967 | 3/31/1967 | See Source »

Yale forward Ed Goldstone poured in a barrage of twisting layups, long jumpers, and clutch free throws late in the second half to spill a pressing Harvard team, 84-78, last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Basketball Team Downs Harvard, 84-78 | 2/18/1967 | See Source »

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