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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...order to "make more effective use of talent and facilities," Quincy House and Holmes Hall will experiment "with an informal affiliation" beginning this Fall. But, unlike the recently announced association for joint tutorials between Winthrop House and Comstock Hall, Quincy and Holmes are affiliating to "provide a natural and easily available source of talent for student activities...
Though Bullitt emphasized the "tentative and exploratory nature of the relationship," the Holmes girls will also use Quincy's art studio, photography room and stage...
...another on sidewalks and subway platforms, particularly in the morning and evening rush hours. Last week, climaxing a two-year house-by-house survey, the City Planning Commission brought forth a hardheaded proposal: the only way to save New York from death by overcrowding is to regulate the use of residential buildings so that no more than 10,940,000 people can ever live in the city-compared to the 55 million who could legally crowd in under present zoning laws. Taking aim at an antiquated zoning code, the survey recommended: ¶ A quick halt to the conversion of apartments...
...First model made in the U.S. was almost as big as a commercial laundry machine and cost up to $7,000. Dr. Kolff has now got it down to a stainless-steel tub 24 in. across, 17 in. high. Three-fourths of the artificial kidneys in U.S. use are of this type, made by the Travenol division of Baxter Laboratories. Cost: $1,300. Most important economy feature: instead of big moving parts that took hours to sterilize and set up, the core of the kidney now consists of a disposable unit of cellophane and plastic wire, not much bigger than...
...eventually need stage three: a week after implantation, the doctors send a gentle electric current through the electrode to find out whether the patient feels a tingling in his fingers, arm or foot (always on the side opposite the electrode). This gives yet another check on placement. Finally they use a strong enough current, under anesthesia, to destroy a small part of the thalamus...