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...lines, an 8,000,000-gallon (per day) water system, 60 miles of electric power lines, other huge essentials. The cantonment would be North Carolina's third largest city. By last week, 1,900 of the buildings had been finished (many with green lumber, which was bound to warp); 35,000 troops were quartered, and General Devers was sure that the whole thing would be completed before his deadline...
Because the jellylike body tissues tremble for a brief instant after every "blow" from the heart, after-vibrations warp part of the record. Hence Dr. Starr believes that his machine will never attain "highest precision." Nevertheless it is good enough to: 1) detect early, hitherto invisible cases of heart disease; 2) show the relation between high blood pressure and heart function; 3) differentiate between various types of heart disease...
...streamlined Cleveland Orchestra as background, gave the new concerto its first performance. Well-woven as a Paisley shawl, Composer Walton's opus proved warm as well as intricate. And though Cleveland's dowagers found its texture scratchier than crepe, Cleveland's critics fingered its solid warp & woof with enthusiasm. Said Clevelander Rodzinski, rolling a long cigaret of Polish tobacco after the concert: "This is one of the most important violin works of the century. Emphatically so!" Echoed Violinist Heifetz: "I'm very crazy about...
...there was a duty which imposed itself upon Levy. Trained lawyer that he is, and possessing an experience gained in more than 30 years of practice, he should have appreciated instantly that his dealings with Manton had been such that . . . they might well be calculated to warp or bias Manton's judgment. . . . Had Manton's colleagues upon the court been advised of the connection existing between him and Levy, it is unthinkable that either of them would have sat with Manton upon the appeals...
...third of the nation will soon pass the half-century mark. Average life expectancy in the U. S. is now 60 years, and physicians believe it can never be raised above 75. Reason: although cancer and bacterial diseases may eventually be controlled, bones will eventually buckle and warp, arteries will eventually harden. > About half the old people in the U. S. die from diseases of the circulatory system (hardening of the arteries, heart trouble), 12.5% from diseases of the respiratory system (pneumonia, influenza), 12.5% from cancer, 8.5% from kidney disease, the rest from diseases of the digestive system, or accidents...