Word: wristed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Wrist Radio. So far, most microcircuitry goes into space-age uses, but it raises vast possibilities for new products. Tiny microcircuit radios have been built that can report back medical information from inside a patient's stomach. In industry, the most widespread use will be to make computers faster and more compact. No consumer products have been turned out yet, but in the labs the entire circuitry of a TV set has been reduced to the size of a soda cracker; this may eventually lead to the long-heralded TV set that hangs on the wall like a picture...
Williams, who has been filling the second position on the team behind undefeated Vic Niederhoffer, cut his right wrist in an automobile accident Friday. The cast on his arm won't be taken off until Friday; he's definitely out of the lineup for the Penn match Saturday and may miss the biggest match of the season, against Princeton...
...Texas' Democratic Governor John Connally wore Western boots, a big felt Stetson, checkered sports shirt, tan twill pants. His right arm, in a cast from the wrist to the elbow, was supported by a black-bandanna sling. "I'll ride with you," the Governor told his visitor. "Turn right and go on down that road. We've got some work to do on these roads, but they aren't as bad as they look...
...with an inflammation of the vein in his right leg through which he had been fed intravenously while recovering from wounds suffered during the President's assassination. Nevertheless, said he, doctors had given him the "real good news" that he would probably regain full use of his right wrist, shattered by the assassin's bullet...
...Dallas Cowboys delayed the N.F.L. proceedings for 2½ hours, awaiting a doctor's report on Oregon Halfback Mel Renfro, who had cut his wrist on a mirror-and drafted Texas Tackle Scott Appleton instead. Coaches cackled happily when they landed a prospect that the opposition had overlooked. "I like this kid," said Green Bay's Vince Lombardi of his 14th-round choice, Northwestern End Tom O'Grady. "When you talk to him, his eyes light up. Besides, he's six-four, weighs 205 and runs...