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...poisoning, a medieval disease as old as its proud bridge, so old that it had almost been forgotten. Modern medicine knows about ergot, but has rarely seen it in the form of an epidemic disease.* It is a black fungus that grows on wet grain, contains chemicals that powerfully affect the blood vessels and the nervous system. Doctors often use ergot extracts to start contractions in the uterus in childbirth...
...bridegroom had contracted malaria on a business trip to British Guiana, but no man to be deterred, he dosed himself with quinine (which was permanently to affect his optic nerves), took along a trained nurse and went on his honeymoon anyhow. He has since commented on what has turned out to be a devoted partnership. "My wife has been with me in everything I have done. I'd be very unhappy without her. She keeps me company." Right from the beginning, Lawyer Dulles, who still remembers his early days of 10? breakfasts at the Automat, was a busy...
...fact in Pennsylvania politics is that the Grundy machine, pronounced dead only a year ago, is back in power again. That fact may vitally affect the political fortunes of Ike Eisenhower and Robert Taft...
...Save the Nation." President Arbenz declared a state of siege, suspended constitutional guarantees for 30 days, banned gatherings and meetings "likely to affect public order." Then, in a gesture to antiCommunists, he dismissed Marxist Alvarado, appointed as the new orphanage director Roman Catholic Ernesto Cofino, who reinstated the three nuns...
...decision is not effected by that statement even though it is true, (c) Although true, I have not let that statement influence my decision, (d) That statement is true, but it does not affect my decision, (e) Because that statement is true does not have any effect on my decision...