Word: womb
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...clubfoot and similar malformations, which may be congenital (in that a child has them at birth) but which are not, so far as is known, the result of defective genes, and therefore are not predetermined at conception. They are caused by events, still unknown, occurring during life in the womb, and some of them can be repaired by surgery. Many have no proved relation to heredity, e.g., eczema, psoriasis, allergic diseases, migraine, stuttering. Others are known to occur more commonly in some families than in others, such as diabetes and nearsightedness. "Another large group," Kemp notes, "includes psychopathy, psychopathic...
Great Britain has a high standard of living, full employment, political freedom, womb-to-tomb medical care, and as much peace as most nations in the world. Why should a Briton want to leave home? Yet when the Gallup poll (published last week) asked, "If you were free to do so, would you like to go and settle in another country?", 41% of the Britons polled answered yes, and another 12% said they were not sure...
...could be done with molded plywood. In the U.S., Architect Eero Saarinen and Charles Eames teamed up in 1940 to produce a molded plywood chair that shifted the emphasis to organic shape, form-fitted to the human body. Using molded plastic, Saarinen then developed the idea into his famed "womb" chair; Eames evolved a whole series, ranging from his early hard-surfaced plywood "potato chip" chair to plastic chairs which dovetail into stacks for storage, that today makes him a modern bestseller and last week earned him the American Institute of Architects' Craftsmanship Medal...
...room, but close below our heads." When a nurse returned to the room, disappointed at having missed the event, the infant obliged with another cry so loud that a doctor put his ear on the mother's abdomen to confirm beyond doubt that the cry came from the womb. The baby (a boy) was delivered safely...
There is some danger that such early-crying babies will drown in the womb's fluid, says Dr. Russell, but this risk is much smaller than the danger of birth trauma that may be caused by attempts to hasten delivery. Considering the long rehearsal and preparation for birth that infants undergo, says Dr. Russell, the surprising fact is that more babies do not begin to wail in the womb...