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...normal people expansion and contraction of the heart and the arteries go on without effort in perfect team play. But when the heart-in the worn-out or sick- must push the blood in abnormal amount or at too great speed through the arteries, these stretch, lose their elasticity, their contractile powers. They thicken in spots: thin in others. Them too the blood tries to heal; brings serum to weak spots, serum which turns gelatinous, gelatine which hardens, calcifies. The arteries become ropy, then hard like the stems of clay pipes. The patient has hardening of the arteries...
...inch, one inch of Melachrino equals a Sweet Caporal for instance, and similarly for matches. The collections of this bureau could be used by the Chemistry Department in experimenting for a new cattle-food, fuel, or building material. Oh, there are numberless ways to dispose of extinct cigarettes and worn-out matches. May I hope, and I know that I'm not alone, that one of them, or a better one, will be adopted? M. M. Atwater...
...Alterations on the six older capital ships New York, Texas, Florida, Wyoming, Utah, Arkansas to blister* them as protection against submarine attack, to strengthen their deck armor against aircraft bombs and plunging fire, to replace their worn-out boilers with modern oil-burning equipment. Total cost...
Circe the Enchantress. Mae Murray has only one point in life after all, and that is to wear gowns. Certainly she is not an actress. Certainly the story, even if Ibanez did write it specially for her, is the worn-out stencil of the wild woman fascinating the solemn, godly hero. Anyway, Mae Murray wears gowns...
Rain and storm fought the U. S. fliers, journeying from Manhattan to Washington in their attempt to keep an appointment with their Commander-in-Chief, the President of the U. S. A worn-out gear brought Lient. Nelson down near Baltimore, and he was obliged to continue in an escorting plane. A dense fog at Aberdeen, Md., brought down the whole exhibition for lunch and rest till the weather cleared. For four hours the presidential party waited in drizzling rain at Boiling Field. But Mr. Coolidge took the matter good-naturedly, welcomed the national heroes with unabated enthusiasm, examined every...