Word: appendixes
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This realism is based on the completeness of the creation. Not only is it faithful to human consciousness, but it adheres strictly to its own internal laws, and the reader soon finds himself thumbing the appendix, absorbing lore and custom with enthusiasm which should shame every history teacher...
When the yacht reached Panama at night and dropped anchor, a speedboat zigzagged out from shore and megaphoned: "Get the hell outa here -you're anchored in the middle of a minefield." Ashore, Forbis almost died of a ruptured appendix. "I had a bad week or so there." said Payne. "I thought I was going to have to send some painful letters home...
...exploration. Its two leaders took a party of some several dozen men, a woman and a child through thousands of miles of virgin wilderness inhabited by hostile tribes. At the end of three years of hazardous journeying there had been only one death in the party-from a ruptured appendix-and but one scuffle with the Indians (two redmen were killed in an attempt at horse stealing...
Psychosomatic. In Hamilton, Ont., Alfred Henderson, visiting his wife as she was about to undergo an appendectomy, complained of feeling ill, was examined by doctors, had his own appendix removed 30 minutes after his wife...
...first time since losing his appendix and rebellious gall bladder (TIME, June 28), resilient Harry Truman left his bed for the length of a lunch in a Kansas City hospital, drew himself up to a table and with gusto devoured a square meal. Near by lay a get-well-quick wire from Washington, signed by two White House visitors, old British friends of Truman's: Winston and Anthony. While his obituaries were being filed away for another day, Truman was finding out that even some of his old enemies seemed happy about his recovery: the Chicago Tribune, which barked...