Word: methods
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reported that he and Dr. Akio Suzuki cut out a piece of the left lung's arterial network with "a multitude of side branches," and sew the "trunk" end into the descending aorta. Then they implant the smaller branches in the heart muscle. The advantage of this method, which has so far been successful in four out of six patients, said Dr. Kay, is that the blood vessels borrowed from the lung can be sewn into any part of the heart muscle...
...last week, began the public maneuvers in an attempt to acquire a controlling interest in South Bend's long-troubled auto and appliance company. Being used was a method that company collectors have come to prefer to the old-fashioned proxy fight. Called the tender offer, the technique involves a public bid by an individual, group or company to buy a specified number of shares of another company's stock at a specified price, which is set high enough to woo sellers. It is quicker, harder to block, and often much cheaper than trying to oust the management...
Still, there seems to be no good reason why the Administration could not replace the present procedure with a more flexible method, such as a system of graduated fines. By penalizing students for submitting their applications after a certain time--instead of rejecting them out of hand--the GSAS would surely induce all but a handful of applicants to comply with the deadline. Those who failed to do so would face steadily increasing fines and, ultimately, an absolute cut-off date...
While at Radcliffe, Mrs. Duran-Reynals will give a series of three lectures. The first two, entitled "The Historical Accident in Cancer Research" and "The Experimental Method in Research on the Virus Theory of Cancer," will be general talks on Mrs. Duran-Reynals' field...
...changes in the system of selecting department chairmen, though an improvement on the old method of simply having the president pick a man, still falls short of giving the faculty meaningful control. Now the faculty will be able to select three candidates for the post--but again only those with tenure will be eligible. Then the president will choose one of the three. And in the Philosophy and Theology Department, the president will still hand-pick the chairman...