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...shortness of breath depends largely on its cause. Many cases of bronchitis are the result of infection, and can be largely relieved, if not actually cured, by treatment with antibacterial drugs. Other cases are relieved by inhaling substances that help to break up the mucous secretions. But emphysema is stubborn. Since its basic causes are still unknown, doctors have as yet no hope of finding a true cure or general preventive. Yet treating its effects is important because emphysema neglected overtaxes the heart in a manner that may cause death...
...account. Born in A.D. 37 in Roman-ruled Palestine, Josephus grew up in a fervently religious household and joined the priesthood at 18. When the Jews rebelled in 66 A.D., Josephus was sent to defend the region of Galilee. Though nearly all his troops deserted him, Josephus made a stubborn last stand in the cliff-perched city of Jotapata. The garrison held out for 47 blood-soaked days against a vastly superior Roman force commanded by Vespasian, the earthy, upright soldier who had earlier helped conquer Britain...
...Newspaper Guildsmen struck the Youngstown, Ohio, Vindicator last August, chances were that they did not even consider the possibility of setting an endurance record for newspaper walkouts. All they wanted was to bring certain part-time circulation personnel under the Guild contract. But by last week, Youngstown's stubborn Guildsmen were well on their way to earning an unenviable title for forcing the longest shutdown in U.S. newspaper history...
...fame. In the U.N.'s .19 years of existence, no other nation had pulled out. There were those who thought it good riddance. But others pleaded earnestly with the stubborn leader to think twice. Japan's Premier Eisaku Sato, for instance, is said to have sent Sukarno a personal letter recalling the tragic path Japan followed, which led to Pearl Harbor, after it had been the first to abandon the League of Nations...
...Arkansas: a come-from-behind, 10-7 victory over stubborn Nebraska, in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas. Held to only 45 yds. rushing by a Nebraska line that outweighed them by 20 Ibs. per man, the No. 2-ranked Razorbacks took to the air, went 80 yds. in the dying minutes for the TD that gave them their first undefeated, untied season in 55 years...