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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most doctors in the same spot, Dr. Lowenberg gave his patient the argument but not the drug. Carefully he explained that high blood pressure is not in itself a disease; it is a symptom of an underlying disorder. Unfortunately, in at least 75% of cases, the root cause is unknown. This cause may be a killer, or patients may live for years and die of some disease which has nothing to do with the state of their blood vessels. Because doctors know that emotional strain is often a big factor in the life of such a patient, they...
Eighteen years ago, just after the U.S. formally recognized the Soviet Union, an unknown young U.S. Foreign Service officer named George F. Kennan sat down with the Russians to negotiate the lease on a new seven-story building at 13-15 Mokhovaya, only a stone's throw across a square from the Kremlin. It became the main building of the U.S. Embassy. Last week Kennan, now the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, got his eviction notice. He was told...
...Greeks called off their local wars to celebrate the games), there were a few inevitable rhubarbs. Both Nationalist and Red China, along with East Germany, suddenly and belatedly demanded admission for their teams. Bulgaria, which drew Russia in a first-round soccer match, complained bitterly when a soccer "unknown," The Netherlands West Indies, drew a first-round...
...reply to an Exposition ad brings a circular that reminds the writer: "Until you are a published author, you will never be regarded as an author." It points out, quite rightly, that ordinary publishers are looking only for sure things, that an unknown beginner has a slim chance. Besides, the vanity author joins the select list of great writers "who had enough faith in their own work to subsidize its publication," e.g., Thomas Hardy, A. E. Housman, John Masefield, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Edgar Rice Burroughs. (The predominance of poets in the list of examples is no accident; 35% of Exposition...
Death, drama, and danger boarded the night express to Los Angeles in Chicago. Close behind them came a handful of unknown actors and a crew of skilled cameramen. All stayed on to the end of the line, and 90 minutes later, RKO walked off the train with a four-star film in its pocket and only a small dent in its poke...