Word: vein
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Processing in the compact, portable machine is carried out in a closed system from the vein of the donor to the final plastic containers for the blood components. It was engineered for use in hospital donor centers or under emergency conditions...
...intelligentsia popularity, Auden continues to be a clever fellow, even on the side of the respectable angels. His latest book of verse, Nones (the title refers to the ninth hour-3 p.m. -of the monastic day, and means "mid-afternoon"), shows that he can write to order, in satirical vein, more brilliantly than anyone since Byron...
...similar vein, Dr. David Krech, visiting lecturer from the University of California, will deal with "The California Oath--Its Effect on Productive Scholarship" at 4 p.m. this afternoon in Emerson...
...section" for a new shirt: He took off 40 pounds in 80 days and wrote a book, The Fat Boy's Book (Prentice-Hall; $2), which sold lethargically until General Features, a lusty young feature service, chopped it into 19 pieces lor newspaper syndication. In a humorous vein Wheeler plants his diet tips ("I put a halt to salt"), generously allows his readers to balance their calories over three-day periods so they have time to do penance for bursts of overindulgence. Instead of frowning on high-calorie alcohol, Elmer simply warns against sweet mixes' and high-proof...
...jargon. They call a needle and a syringe a "spike & dripper." A sniff of heroin is a "snort of horse," and an injection under the skin a "joy pop." Many teen-agers quickly become "mainliners" -because it is cheaper and quicker if they inject the drug directly into a vein, most often with a safety pin and an eyedropper...