Word: traction
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...surgical collar, applied traction to the head, secured him to a spineboard, put sand bags by the head, and drove him at five miles per hour to Cambridge City Hospital, Chester Eskholm, owner of Professional Ambulance Service, said yesterday...
...sport's growth has been the improved quality of the skates themselves. Equipped with the quiet and smooth-rolling polyurethane wheels and precision ball bearings that were developed for skateboards, the new skates have better traction and more maneuverability than the noisy metal strap-on models that kids used to rattle around on. Says Harry Ball, 61, president and owner of the California-based Sure-Grip Skate Manufacturing Co., which this year will double its 1978 sales of over $5 million: "The new skate is no longer a toy but a piece of athletic equipment...
...cattle are fed on marginal resources and provide a vital in strument of production as traction animals," Harris said. "The cow is the mother of agriculture; the economy is not being held back, in fact Hinduism does more for the Indian economy than Protestantism does for Western ones," he added...
...women's squash team had to contend with some serious traction problems at Yale yesterday, but the racquetwomen still came up with a 5-2 victory over the powerhouse Elis...
...traction problems came off the court--when the whole squad had to pitch in to shove the team van off an ice patch--but the truly stellar performance of the day came on the court, where the Crimson handled the Elis, considered one of the best teams in the nation, on their home court...