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Word: strains (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Bunting said yesterday that the council was created because of a groving concern in Washington over the country's acute shortage of doctors, nurses, and laboratory technicians. Medicare and the establishment of new Federal medical centers across the country, she said, will strain present resources even more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LBJ Names Bunting, Ebert to Panel | 5/9/1966 | See Source »

...chimes scene, where their hymn deteriorates into a satanic chant, the horrifying words can hardly he heard at all. But J. Thomas Sullivan as Miles is so good an actor, looks so angelic, and sounds so pure, that his scenes are very moving even though we often have to strain to hear. His song in the schoolroom is a weird blending of dewy innocence and dark corruption. Carolyn Stouffer, Mrs. Grose the housekeeper, tends to be shrill, and her diction is sometimes muddy, in contrast to the rest of the cast. Carlotte Wilsen, as the ghostly Miss Jessel...

Author: By William W. Sleator, | Title: The Turn of the Screw | 5/6/1966 | See Source »

...White House, the situation has improved. "I can say 'Hi' or 'Good morning,' " says Luci. "He's here all day, not visiting constituents in Texas." Even so, having the President for a father creates problems. For one thing, says Luci, he is constantly under strain that "it hurts you to see." Moreover, many of Luci's friends keep away: "They don't want you to think of them as opportunists. What they don't realize is that you need them more than ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Capital: Abandoning Abandon | 5/6/1966 | See Source »

There is apparently one other possibility: destroying the present tunnels under the kiosk and having the subways turn sharply at Harvard Square and swing directly up Massachusetts Ave. But this scheme involves huge engineering problems, and therefore, a considerable financial strain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Radcliffe Tunnel | 5/2/1966 | See Source »

...this way, the cardiologists hoped, the ventricle would be spared much of the strain under which it had labored. While it would not literally rest, it would have a chance to regain muscle tone and strength. That might take as long as three weeks. If everything worked out as hoped, Dr. DeBakey planned to detach the pump from his patient's chest but leave the ¾-in plastic tubes implanted. They might come in handy later. At week's end DeRudder's condition had the doctors baffled. The pump was working extremely well, but he remained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surgery: A Better Half-Heart | 4/29/1966 | See Source »

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