Word: ailments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Leopold Infeld, 69, Polish theoretical physicist; of a heart ailment; in Warsaw. At Princeton during the 1930s, Infeld helped his friend Albert Einstein develop the general theory of relativity; with Einstein he also shared the work of writing The Evolution of Physics, a 1938 text so fascinating to laymen that it hit the bestseller lists. At the University of Toronto, Infeld did pioneer work on the unified-field theory of magnetism and gravitation; then, in 1950, he suddenly returned home to teach-and proved something of a problem to the Communists, often criticizing Warsaw's scientific censorship...
...most people were concentrating on keeping cool rather than keeping well, Surgeon General William H. Stewart of the Public Health Service predicted that winter would bring a heavy wave of flu to the eastern half of the nation. He was right, and then some. Last week an influenza-like ailment had thousands of people moaning, barking, wheezing and groaning in at least 30 states east of the Rockies. Health officials in New York and at the National Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta conceded, after weeks of hedging, that the outbreak had reached epidemic proportion...
...year later. During his 18 months in that post, and later as Deputy Secretary, he supervised the revitalization of the Army and other "cost-effective" reforms as McNamara's discreet alter ego. Vance's health is a limitation in the grinding job of Defense Secretary: the back ailment that forced his retirement earlier this year is so painful that he often cannot bend over to tie his shoelaces...
Died. Joseph Kesselring, 65, author of twelve ephemeral plays and one Broadway gem, Arsenic and Old Lace; of a heart ailment; in Kingston...
...pressure is on junior Jay Breese, the third-string goalie. He was the top man on the jayvees last year, but his only varsity experience of any kidney ailment, dating from the Amstarted in the nets Saturday, was taken away in an ambulance in the third quarter with a back injury and is still on crutches, a doubtful performer this week. Pre-season starter, John Axten, has recovered slowly from a significance came Saturday at Ithaca. There, Breese made one beautiful save, blocking a hard shot with his body out in front of the goal, but misjudged a corner kick...