Word: flickering
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Little wars," like that in Korea, and like others which flicker and flash in nearly every part of the world, have two aspects. Militarily, the discussions and decisions of the U.N. are subordinated to the power of the great nations. But in the moral and ideological struggle, the U.N. talk is of great import, and we should not overlook any measure that will strengthen our parliamentary position...
...closed. A Phoenix Too Frequent was a poor choice for a debut: from the briefest of short stories, Fry had made a very long one-act play. The wit and poetry that glow brightly in his The Lady's Not For Burning (TIME, April 24) merely glint and flicker in Phoenix. But on Broadway Phoenix was as much victim as culprit: it was badly produced, and had to share the billing with something very bad indeed...
...check the result, a tablet of nitroglycerine is dissolved under the patient's tongue. The drug enlarges his constricted arteries and allows a potential victim of heart disease to make a better score on the flicker photometer test. When the drug wears off, the retina again loses sensitivity...
Vital Deduction. Drs. Ivy and Krasno reason that if the eye's arteries are narrowed, as shown by the flicker test, it is probable that other arteries, including those of the heart, are similarly affected...
...people who first got the "flicker fusion test" at the University of Illinois, 24 were shown to have narrowing of the arteries. Such cases, the two doctors believe, might easily develop into coronary thrombosis (bloodclotting which closes the main arteries), angina pectoris, high blood pressure-or all three. If the weakness is spotted early, the patient can promptly begin leading a less strenuous life, and perhaps postpone more serious heart trouble for years...