Word: whats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The temper of a country is often found in its wit. In Djakarta, the capital of the island nation of Indonesia, a government official last week whispered the latest crack: "Anyone who is not totally confused is just very badly informed." Another, and more troubling, crack is that what the...
Verbal Contact. Prime Minister Koirala is articulately Western in thought (his favorite author: French Novelist Albert Camus) and has an informal ability to get things done that is rare in inefficient Nepal. A political opponent says: "He keeps his word; that's what counts most." The Prime Minister can...
Although yogis have claimed to be able to control the heart, there are no well-documented cases in medical literature of an individual's stopping his own heart at will. What enables Mechanic Hansen to turn the trick is still a mystery. As a youth he suffered from rheumatic...
The glue is mixed at the operating table by adding a catalyst to a pre-polymer, which then becomes a plastic (Ostamer) that hardens in a few minutes in the bone marrow. Then the wound is covered with a dry, sterile dressing. What makes the glue particularly effective is that...
Rodin could not have done it better. The bowlegged old man brooded in the grand manner, one foot up on the top step of the dugout, an elbow on a knee, a hand held up to shade the faded blue eyes peering from a wrinkled mask of despair. "Something is...