Word: control
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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With 150 of his own men plus some 600 deserters, Aziz swiftly overwhelmed Macassar's few Republican soldiers, and in 45 minutes held control of the city. He asserted that the central government was violating East Indonesian autonomy, warned government troops not to attempt a landing in Macassar...
...Dean Acheson pointed out at dinner one night, the visitor's gifts only began with statecraft. Some fifty years ago, said Acheson, the muses had fought to control González' future. In the end, only four remained in the running. One touched his tongue and made him an orator, another touched his head and made him a statesman, a third touched his fingers and made him a musician. "And," said Acheson, "the fourth muse, Terpsichore, touched his feet-and I don't have to tell you what happened." González roared with laughter. After dinner...
...those who would like to use DDT but are afraid of being poisoned by it, the current Mosquito News (published by the American Mosquito Control Association) has a word of reassurance. According to Lieut. Commander William J. Perry and Lieut. Leonard J. Bodenlos of the Medical Corps, U.S. Navy, DDT is practically harmless to humans who get it on their skins or breathe it into their lungs...
Tuberculosis, the White Plague, has not been cleaned up anywhere in the world, nor is it "under control." In the U.S. an estimated 500,000 people still have the disease, and about 50,000 die from it every year...
...been given since V-J day. In the vaccinated group, mortality has been cut by 88%. Three laboratories in the U.S. manufacture BCG, but so far the U.S. Public Health Service has not licensed them to distribute the culture for mass vaccinations. Dr. William G. Workman, chief of biologics control of the P.H.S., said in Washington last week that he did not know exactly when P.H.S. approval would be given...