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Asked if his brand of soul vibrations might not prove in the end tedious. Dr. Goebbels slapped his thigh. "You know me!" he cried. "I am a sworn enemy of every sort of boredom! . . . Best of all, our propaganda is not going to cost the German people anything. Instead my Ministry cannot fail to show a profit- the radio advertising, you know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Scared to Death | 3/27/1933 | See Source »

...cars, was once attacked while driving alone. He routed the assailants by guiding his car with one hand, firing his rifle pistol-wise with the other. During the ten years' work only two serious accidents occurred in the field. First was Dr. Andrews' shooting himself in the thigh. The other accident was a man's cutting a leg artery. At the very beginning of the work Dr. Andrews' eyes became infected. Thenceforth he has been obliged to wear glasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Mongolia Easy-Chaired | 3/6/1933 | See Source »

...apparent cure of a case of bone cancer by means of arsenic warranted reporting in the current issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. A Toronto woman, Mrs. R- F-, had a cancer on her left thigh bone. High voltage X-ray treatment for eight months produced no observable good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Arsenic & Cancer | 2/20/1933 | See Source »

...loss on Saturday of three key men, Crickard, Hageman, and Hardy, had made Harvard supporters anxious for the coming games, but both Hageman and Hardy will be out for practice today, and Crickard's contusion of the thigh will at the most keep him out of the Brown game. Incidentally, Wells played through practically the whole Dartmouth game with a broken left hand. Dr. Thorndike stated last night, however, that the first-string quarterback will be in condition to practice this week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEAM SHOWS SMALL PROWESS AGAINST HANOVER ELEVEN | 10/24/1932 | See Source »

...grasp something, may remain fixed in that position, and is relaxed with difficulty. In the early years the patient may learn to walk after a fashion, and the gait is quite characteristic. The toes scrape along the floor, the heels are not brought down, and the spasm of the thigh muscles forces the individual to move in a cross-legged fashion. Speech is difficult, and not infrequently profuse salivation with drooling tends to reflect against the normal mentality of the patient. On some occasions, these reactions may not be apparent, or may be limited to only one or two muscle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Birth-Spoiled Babies | 5/30/1932 | See Source »

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