Word: testing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...skill and efficiency, Israel's air force is rated second only to the United States'. Nadav may not be a hero, but his example will not hurt his service's future prospects. During the summer, three boys from the Kibbutz pass the rigorous admission test and follow Nadav into the air-corp's elite rank. One is Nadav's younger brother...
...next quarter and a half it was solid defensive soccer, with both goalies, Columbia's Doug Watt and Harvard's sophomore sensation Dick Locksley, trading fine saves. Gray and his running-mate Dave Wright looked good for Harvard in their first real test of the season outside of the Amherst debacle three weeks...
...doctor and his colleagues have also put 65 human patients on cho- lestyramine. The patients take two packets of powder in a glass of water three times a day before meals. Almost half of the 65 have been bothered at first by constipation, though only two have quit the test because of that. All patients have shown marked reductions not only in blood cholesterol but in other circulating fats that, in excess, may be still more damaging...
...test patients who had been suffering from angina pectoris or recurrent small strokes, or who were unable to walk more than a few yards because of leg pain from deficient blood flow, 32 say they now feel better and some can walk farther. Dr. Fuson himself has slimmed to 172 Ibs. and has sent his cholesterol crashing down to the 40-50 mg. range that is normal for a newborn baby. He has done this without denying himself steaks and creamy desserts. "So," he says, "you can have your cake...
...Fuson's boss, Dr. David C. Sabiston Jr., staunchly endorsed the animal studies with cholestyramine. But he insists cautiously that there is as yet no scientific evidence that patients with artery disease have benefited. Their subjective impressions, he emphasized, are still only suggestive. Not until many of the test patients have had arterial examinations, both before and after taking cholestyramine, will it be possible to find physical proof...