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With blood streaming from the bullet wounds, Colombo was rushed to nearby Roosevelt Hospital. In a five-hour operation, surgeons removed the most damaging bullet, which had lodged in Colombo's cerebellum. Placed under intensive care, Colombo failed to regain consciousness, and despite the resurgence of some vital signs, was given only a fifty-fifty chance to live. Still, a less robust man might have never made it to the operating table. Said one doctor: "He's tough as hell...
...slogans, of shopkeepers who leave their goods out all night without fear of their being stolen, of a military establishment whose $150-a-month generals uncomplainingly accepted a sizable pay cut in 1969. Maoist thought, some of the travelers reported, has done away with corruption, enabled the deaf to regain their hearing, and inspired peasants to complete herculean engineering projects with tools no more sophisticated than their bare hands. "No one who has not lived here before," writes Canadian Diplomat Chester Ronning, "can fully appreciate the almost miraculous transformation...
President Nixon, meanwhile, had moved quickly to regain the initiative. In his State of the Union speech last January, Nixon asked Congress to increase its cancer-research budget of $232 million by $100 million. But, contrary to the Senate subcommittee's proposal, the Administration urged that any cancer-cure program be kept within the existing structure...
...must regain control of its own policy. Many thoughtful Americans are honestly doubtful that a non-Communist South can survive after we go, and at least a few Americans will apparently be disappointed if it does. Actually, there are grounds for thinking that the South has a fighting chance, but it is also clear that the U.S. can no longer stay indefinitely to protect or improve that chance. It really is up to the Vietnamese...
...insurance has become a major factor in wage negotiations, many policies are tied to employment by a specific company. Firings because of the recession have deprived thousands of families of their coverage. Illnesses or injuries that occur in such a period can make it difficult for the family to regain full protection later...