Word: sydney
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...documents were remarkably similar. Although the Sydney assembly could not agree on a precise definition of death, there is now a virtually worldwide consensus on the following criteria for establishing that irreversible coma, or death, has indeed occurred...
...modern medical technology has made the definition and determination of death increasingly complex, the transplant era has made both problems increasingly urgent. Virtually every physician and surgeon in the world wants to have his say. When the World Medical Association met in Sydney last week, 212 members from 28 nations debated the issues. They eventually adopted a tentative guideline document, the Declaration of Sydney, subject to detailed reconsideration next year. Simultaneously, a committee of 13 top-ranking Harvard professors proclaimed their code in the Journal of the A.M.A...
...machine can keep major parts of a body "alive" long after effective death. The long-held notion that death can be pinpointed in time, four or five minutes after heart action and breathing have stopped, is erroneous, said Cleveland's Dr. Charles L. Hudson, principal U.S. delegate in Sydney...
Gained Riches. With a London-to-Sydney auto race planned for this fall, Britain has already begun to look forward to next year's top event. To mark the 50th anniversary of the first transatlantic airplane crossing (made by two Britons in a Vickers Vimy bomber), the London Daily Mail has put up $12,000 for the person who makes the fastest trip between the top of London's General Post Office tower and the top of the Empire State Building...
...test the relationship between status and stature, Wilson introduced a stranger from Britain by a different academic rank to five groups of Sydney students. Later, after the visitor had left, he asked each group to estimate the man's height. As plain "Mr. England, a student from Cambridge," the stranger's height averaged out to be 5 ft. 9.8 in. As "Mr. England, demonstrator in psychology from Cambridge," he grew to 5 ft. 10.39 in. Up in rank to "Mr. England, lecturer in psychology from Cambridge," he reached 5 ft. 10.86 in. As the imposing "Dr. England, senior...