Word: localitis
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...been the endeavor of the society to cooperate with local churches in interesting men in various church activities. Notices of meetings are welcomed and are given publicity...
During the last financial year the Soviet Government collected 300,000,000 rubles in grain from Russian farmers, 20,000,000 rubles on the so- called work tax, 10,000,000 on various excise taxes, 30,000,000 on local imposts. Total, 360,000,000 gold rubles...
...tumor was of the benign type, four inches long by two inches wide and three quarters of an inch thick. This is believed to have been the first operation for brain tumor under, a local anaesthetic...
...skull of Henry A. Brown, a patient in the Beth Israel Hospital, New York, was opened under only a local anaesthetic (cocaine) by Dr. K. Winfield Ney and assisting surgeons, and a large brain tumor successfully removed. Brown was fully conscious throughout the operation, was able to answer the doctors' questions, and coöperated cheerfully. He is now convalescing and is thought to be on the way to full recovery, though his life had been despaired of before the operation. His condition was such that he probably could not have survived such an operation under a general anaesthetic...
While Gene Sarazen has been devoting profitable days to posing in the glare of the cinema calcium, Walter Hagen has won three southern tournaments in two short weeks. In each of the three he has established local records. The first was Belleair; the second, Asheville; the third, the North and South championship at Pinehurst. To defeat a field which included Cyril Walker, Jim Barnes and Jock Hutchison (who finished in the order named) Hagen was forced to a record-breaking 289 for 72 holes...