Word: stops
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...familiar with Hunt Clubs, and as his 1943 Plymouth came to a trembling stop on the fine pebble driveway, he bit his lip and looked around uncertainly...
...stop before a shopwindow and on display is a beautifully made overcoat. You like the stylish cut, the color, and even the price. You step inside and the clerk tells you, 'That's not for sale.' Your determination leads you consecutively to the department head and the store manager, but everywhere you get the same answer: the goods are not for sale, but for the shopwindow. That shopwindow has been turned into a museum...
...aging citizen must plan ahead. He must stop feeling guilty over the fact that oldsters are alleged to complain too much about their illnesses. (Geriatricians argue that the aged, because they are less responsive to pain, are apt to complain too little, so that dangerous conditions go undetected until they are irreparable.) He must take advantage of the limited but growing knowledge that geriatrics has amassed. Dr. Zeman likes to quote Sir James Crichton-Browne (who lived to be 97): "There is no short cut to longevity. To achieve it is the work of a lifetime...
...eventually must human organs, is only half true. In the youthful, still growing organism, cells divide rapidly, and all the components of the body (except nerve cells) are not only quickly added to, but also constantly replaced at the most intimate molecular level. This process does not stop with maturity; it goes on until death. But there is evidence that the rate of cell and tissue replacement slows down, until- perhaps at different times in dif ferent tissues - it is markedly less than the rate of natural death and destruction...
...Halfback Dick Bass maintained his lead as the nation's leading ground-gainer, averaged 11.3 yds. a carry for 135 yds. as little (enrollment: 1,670) College of the Pacific rolled over Brigham Young 26-8. Outgained in all departments, Navy made use of a rocklike defense to stop Michigan drives seven times, pull a 20-14 upset to label itself a slight threat to Army in the East. Cornell proved once more the folly of Ivy League teams competing outside their own bailiwick. The undefeated Big Red got mauled 55-0 by Syracuse in a game so lopsided...