Word: circuit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Purpose of his operation is to prevent this "reverse action" of the sympathetic system, and short-circuit erratic nerve impulses rushing to the heart. After exhaustive study, and drafting of innumerable blueprints, he decided to cut through the third, fourth and fifth ribs close to the spinal column, snip free and short-circuit the four nerves of the sympathetic system (between the second and fifth vertebrae) which lead directly to the heart. With exquisite care Dr. Raney avoided damaging other surrounding tissues, left enough nerves intact so that the patient could feel the "warning signal" of angina. Thus, although free...
...other ball players and rock fighters in Cincinnati when he was a boy, William Howard Taft was large but not lubberly. At Yale he worked hard, though he complained about it. As a young lawyer he was sound if seldom successful. As an Ohio Circuit Judge between 1892 and 1900 he was happier, and in one anti-trust decision soberly took issue with a more lenient Supreme Court. As president of the Philippine Commission, he replaced military rule with the rule of law, achieved one of those enormous successes that make diffident men more diffident. Time after time his enthusiastic...
...season the Scranton club was leading the Eastern circuit, and they went on to capture the playoff finals from Springfield. "In addition, they attracted more than 275,000 paid customers, a new league record," Collins said...
...immediate future is uncertain, but there are three alternatives for him, listed according to their degree of possibility. He may advance up to Little Rock in a Class A-1 circuit; he may remain in Scranton for another year; or he may skip up to Louisville in a Class AA league. All of these clubs, of course, are owned by the parent Red Sox organization...
...same time the League revealed that it had secured the cooperation of 50 colleges in the Midwest under the leadership of Northwestern University and that the possibilities of a nationwide organization have now ben completely realized with the participation of a similar circuit under...