Word: strains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Kittredge may have terrorized many of his students, but they probably failed to understand that his momentary outbursts of temper were merely outlets for the tension built up by the strain of his 16-hour working day. Nevertheless, these frightened undergraduates knew their Shakespeare. In a normal year, he required them to memorize 600 lines and to know the rest of the six selected plays well enough to be able to recognize 60 spot quotations on the final exam...
...four games this week will give some measure of the Crimson's batting power; they have also put an added strain on the already thin pitching staff. After today's game, Shepard expects to start Herb Scheiner against Brandeis tomorrow, Byron Johnson at M.I.T. Thursday, and come back with Brigham in the Army game here on Saturday...
...Though Johns Hopkins' Dr. Winston H. Price recently announced a vaccine that has shown promise against a virus strain prevalent in the Baltimore area (TIME, Sept...
Although troubled with a minor back strain, Pat Nixon (who quietly celebrated her 45th birthday last week) showed up at the annual Republican Women's Na tional Conference in Washington, compared new spring hat notes with Mamie Eisenhower. Later, the First Lady learned that for the sixth time she had been chosen one of America's 14 best-dressed women by Manhattan's Fashion Academy, along with such well-tailored veterans as Broadway Columnist Dorothy Kilgallen, a four-time choice, Mrs. Henry Ford (three times), and Radio-TV Burbler Maggi McNellis (eight times). A newcomer: Opera Diva...
...Sterilize instruments and bedding far more rigorously; staph can live, snug in blankets and mattresses, for months. ¶ Do not give antibiotics haphazardly, and never in small "preventive" doses, which probably serve mainly to encourage resistant staph strains. ¶ When an infection apparently caused by a defiant strain is detected, treat it with full doses of the most promising antibiotic. At the same time, culture the germs in the lab, and confirm (by complex tests) that the right drug is being used. Isolate the patient as far as possible...