Word: ward
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...which surrounds the urethra, are likely to be a source of pain or the cause of death. The gland may hypertrophy (grow to excessive size) and squeeze the urethra shut by simple pressure, or it may become cancerous. At the Millard Fillmore and Veterans Administration hospitals in Buffalo, Dr. Ward Soanes and Dr. Maurice J. Gonder have devised special instruments and an ingenious technique. They give light anesthesia and introduce the cold cannula through the urethra. To make sure of the placement, the surgeon's finger can check the position of a button on the side of the probe...
...WARD, "KING OF THE LOBBY" by Lately Thomas. 533 pages. Houghfon Mifflin...
...Samuel Ward was no mere social ornament. For more than 20 years, he was Washington's most influential lobbyist-not the first but certainly the most spectacular of that maligned but necessary breed...
Burgeoning under the demands of a growing nation, post-Civil War Washington badly needed someone to steer outsiders to the right place. Ward became the guide, shepherding clients to the proper bureaus and pushing bills through Congress by means of his influence on Congressmen. He also became a power in his own right. He rallied support for the measures that saved U.S. currency from ruin after the Civil War, and he helped line up the votes that kept President Andrew Johnson from being impeached. He represented railroads, shipping lines, foreign nations, and even the Mormons, whom he helped...
Graduated Gifts. Ward was the son of a wealthy New York banker. He spent four frolicsome student years in Europe, lumbering about the Continent in a huge carriage fitted out with sleeping accommodations for two. Returning home, he married the granddaughter of John Jakob Astor, then the richest man in the U.S. His European polish might have seemed a liability in American politics, but he knew just how to put it to good use. Operating on the principle that "the shortest distance between a pending bill and a Congressman's aye is through his stomach," he installed a French...