Word: xeroxing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tool for the detection of breast cancer [Dec. 27]. Your article did mention the work of Dr. John Wolfe of Hutzel Hospital in Detroit, but we feel it did not give full credit to his pioneering efforts in this field. Without Dr. Wolfe's medical and persuasive efforts, Xerox would not have developed equipment for this purpose. During the past three years he has been a tireless cort.ibutor to making Xeroradiography a practical medical tool. Indeed, within Xerox he is considered the father of Xeroradiography...
...tapings. Hughes told Irving that none of his associates knew about their meetings or about the book. He warned Irving to be careful that no one Xeroxed the manuscript: if Irving so much as went to the men's room while showing the book to publishers, Hughes said, his hosts would Xerox 200 pages "before he got his fly zipped up." Of his own interviews, Hughes said: "I don't want you to twist any of this-this is Howard Hoghes, warts and all. That's the way I want the world...
...clumsy model was later acquired by Dr. John Wolfe of Hutzel Hospital in Detroit, a pioneer in the field of xeroradiography. His work with the machine eventually caught the attention of Dr. John Martin, a radiologist at St. Joseph Hospital in Houston. Martin and several colleagues convinced the Xerox Corp. and the American Cancer Society that the device had great potential for cancer detection. Last year Xerox delivered the first model of the new machine to Martin in Houston...
...Instead of X-ray film, the xero-radiograph uses a selenium plate that has been specially treated to make it sensitive to X rays. Once exposed, the plate is inserted into a processor similar to an office copier, where it is "developed" electronically. The result is an exceptionally accurate Xerox "picture" of the breast, its internal tissues and any cancer that might be present...
...week's strikers included tens of thousands of workers in Milan, 50,000 civil servants and some cinema actors and customs inspectors. Even the employees of the Treasury Ministry walked out for two days, creating confusion at the meetings of the Group of Ten and leaving only one Xerox machine in operation for all delegations...