Word: commonly
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...James Gardner and Dr. Donald E. Hale had been concerned with the surgeon's problems and the patient's danger in operations where profuse bleeding is likely (a common example: removal of brain tumors). During such an operation the patient may go into deep shock. At this point an intravenous transfusion is normally given, but it is not always successful. One reason for the occasional failures, say Drs. Gardner and Hale, is that the donor blood, received through the veins, puts an added load on an already weakened heart...
...weeks, word was whispered around Wall Street that Western Union Telegraph Co. common was a good buy, although the company had not made a profit for two years. Wall Streeters snapped up the stock so eagerly that it rose to 28, a 33% advance since the first of the year. Last week, the good news came out: although Western Union's operating revenues were off almost 5% to $42.3 million, the company had a net profit of $236,766 for 1950's first quarter v. a $2,550,878 loss for the quarter...
United Paramount Theaters, the exhibition company, earned $3,193,000 (98? a common share), a great deal more than the $1,441,000 (45? a share) earned by Paramount Pictures Corp. Nevertheless, moviemen did not think that the reports told the final story. Production earnings were on the rise, while exhibition profits, hard hit by television, were slipping. Some moviemakers thought that TV, which is beginning to look profitable to producers (TIME, May 1), may eventually help them as much as it hurts the theaters...
Three juniors and a freshman went to the baked bean supper on the Boston Common on Saturday--along with 10,000 other people. The only difference was that they were the only ones wearing gas masks...
...four masked men were then escorted from the Common by three plainclothesmen, a lieutenant, a captain, four sergeants, and several patrolmen. The College men were not booked, presumably because the police could not decide on any charge...