Word: appendix
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, 63, had a gall bladder and appendix operation in Cincinnati, his surgeon, Dr. Reed Shank, was startled by a long-distance call from Washington. Harry Truman was on the line saying: "He's a personal friend of mine and I wanted to hear directly from you how he's doing." Dr. Shank told the President that the patient's condition was "very good...
Interhouse athletics are an important part of the House scene and are described fully in an appendix to this report written by Robert Claflin '50. But this committee feels strongly that the present interhouse athletic setup is working remarkably well without any noticeable Council supervision or intervention...
...discussion of the Interhouse Committee and the several houses, with related recommendations, will be found in the appendix. But recommendations relevant to the Council follow...
Like all researchers before him, Dr. Boyce is at a loss to explain why man is born with an appendix. It serves no known purpose. But he has gathered a lot of odd facts about the useless, troublesome appendage...
...appendix, popularly believed to be on the right side, is sometimes found on the left...