Word: insertion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...simple business it once was. In the early days of the slots, the process was called "spooning," and it had nothing whatever to do with June or moon. A spooner would simply slip the handle of a tablespoon into the coin-return opening, wedge open the little trap door, insert his coin in the slot, and pull the lever. Down through the trap door would fall the take. One imaginative cheater was caught using a fine homemade machine tool with detachable heads, one each for nickel, dime, quarter, half-dollar and dollar slots...
...Drill. Some thieves use a tiny, battery-powered electric drill concealed in their sleeves, make a little hole in the machine (see cut), insert a wire into the works, and by careful manipulation "walk" the reels until they stop at the jackpot position. But since freshly drilled holes are too easily detected, other jackpotters have fashioned keys with which they can unlock machines and stop the reels by hand. A first-class crook can walk the reels, hit the jackpot in 30 seconds flat and, before the change girl appears, slip his small tools to an accomplice, who ambles away...
...developed. In stage one, the surgeon drills a small, carefully plotted hole in each side of the skull to permit injection of dye for making detailed brain X rays. After two or three days comes stage two: another hole is drilled higher up in the skull, and the surgeons insert an insulated steel wire through three inches of brain until its thickened electrode tip lodges in the thalamus. The outer end is anchored to the skull...
...sufficient skill to convince the Photo Editors that he may be electable, he is given the chance to do a "photo feature." He selected a particular activity, or an aspect of Harvard life, and characterizes it by a series of pictures which are generally printed as a full-page insert. A successful feature can be the peak of a candidacy...
...blood. The victim feels fatigue, a racing heartbeat, shortness of breath and, as a result of clots which form during the crisis, often severe abdominal pain and aching joints. "Blood transfusions were routine with me," says Marclan. "Long cuts were made on my ankles so the doctors could insert needles into larger veins than they could find in my arms ... At times I would have convulsions, and there would be other times when I would lie for days in a coma . . . My father gave several direct-line transfusions to me before he had to stop because he couldn...