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...Nairobi headquarters of the African Physicians' Association strode Dr. Symon Thuita to handle it. As Dr. Thuita well knew, the best way to begin any examination is by taking the patient's pulse. "If the pulse leaps like a frog," he explained, "the problem is in the throat. If it jumps like a cow, it is in the gastric system, and if it is smooth as a snake, then it is in the belly...
SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON. An unhappy medium (Kim Stanley) and her timorous spouse (Richard Attenborough) bumble through a kidnaping plot, and Director Bryan Forbes turns it into one of those throat-drying English thrillers in which every second seems split...
...always seemed not only sound medical practice but also plain common sense to keep a newborn baby warm-especially if it has difficulty beginning to breathe. In such cases, doctors have a standard treatment: with the baby held head down, they suck fluids out of his nose, mouth, throat and bronchi, and give oxygen. If after five minutes the baby still does not breathe, they may try artificial respiration or give more oxygen. But with the baby kept warm...
...about all Jordan has proved is that he will never be any great shakes as a Senate investigator. In hearings only last week, Jordan actually forgot that he was chairman of the committee, cleared his throat and began: "Er, Mr. Chairman ..." A further example of general ineptness came when the committee tried to pursue the charge that Democratic Wheelhorse Matt McCloskey had indirectly made a $35,000 payoff to Baker. They put McCloskey's auditor on the stand, only to discover that they had the wrong auditor...
Suddenly Savio appeared from nowhere to grab the microphone. Before 13,000 astonished spectators, a campus policeman then grabbed Savio around the throat while another twisted his arm in a hammer lock. They dragged him away fighting, while a reporter thoughtfully held a microphone to his face. Minutes later, Savio was freed and when F.S.M. partisans yelled "We want Mario," he naturally had to be allowed to make his speech. It was really no speech at all, just a masterfully brief and low-keyed announcement of an F.S.M. rally...