Word: successful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...York newspapers with astrology columns reach Stalin he can read horoscopes which make as much sense as many columns of weighty political analysis. On Dec. 21 the Journal-American's Frances Drake advised: "[You are] sometimes too obstinate for the success that can be yours. . . . Correct the tendency to value material gain too highly." The Daily News's Marion Drew was still more specific...
Artery Patch. A break in the aorta, the big artery leading away from the heart, is hard to repair; surgeons have tried patching with a length of metal tube, transplanted blood vessels, etc.-without great success. Dr. Charles A. Hufnagel of Harvard Medical School described a new patch that he thinks may fill the bill (it worked well on dogs). His invention: a tube of lucite, the glasslike plastic. Attached to separated ends of the aorta, a lucite patch lets the blood flow freely without clotting, becomes firmly attached to the artery, can be left in the body permanently...
...over the world that the application of science is central in national security." But he warned that basic, not-yet-applied sciences should not be neglected. "As a people we are strongly philotechnical [gadget-loving] ; we have always excelled in the applied. We have not turned with the same success to more philosophical matters. In many branches of science, we have . . . lagged behind Europe...
...LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., December 20--The United States atomic control plan was approved in principle today by the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission over strenuous Russian objections which prompted delegate Andrei A. Gromyko to withdraw dramatically from the discussion...
...establishment of measures for disarmament and a vetoless inspection, control of atomic energy, acceleration of the establishment of an international police force, and a balanced, progressive reduction of armed forces. The resolution was only a declaration of policy, and responsibility for its implementation rests with the Security Council. Its success will depend on the sagacity and reasonableness of the Big Three; but many procedural difficulties and ancient road blocks were removed by the General Assembly's action. Well intentioned, sincere efforts for peace will encounter fewer snags as a result of the forth-right, open discussions that have just ended...