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...about this operation, it is not too soon to . . . protest against . . . a mass experiment on human beings that is fraught with potentially serious and permanent disabilities." Dr. Boles's warning: the vagus operation, which partially paralyzes the stomach, may produce diarrhea and vomiting, make it hard to get rid of food in the stomach...
...knew that he had to get rid of Velazco. Diplomatic observers saw it as the quid pro quo for Braden's resignation. Velazco represented the extreme anti-U.S. feeling in Argentina; his barb-tongued champions of "national dignity" continued to hack at Perón's new, conciliatory foreign policy...
...landslide total of 79,581 votes, while Old Ben ran a bad third with only 17,581. In voting Newton into office, Denver citizens not only rid themselves of machine government, but unlocked state politics as well-Old Ben had been a dominant influence for years. Denver also showed discrimination in voting for bond issues-it rejected a new art museum, a concert hall, a plan to expand the zoo, but approved improvement and expansion of its airport, its water system, its general hospital. It shrewdly made sure that its city charter, basis of Old Ben's power, would...
...Texas. . . . There used to be another state called Georgia, but that was away back in history days. . . . The history of America is short and easy to remember. There have been two internal wars: a dull skirmish with the English about tea, which was all right once they got rid of Benedict Arnold, and a really dressy struggle between the North and the South. The North won, and were right, but the South, who lost, were nicer. After that, nothing happened until . . . some people called doughboys went to Europe and won a war. On Dec. 7, 1941, the Japs attacked Pearl...
Unitarians pride themselves on being the left-wingers of religion. Strictly avoiding a strict doctrine, Unitarians are far too independent to follow anybody's party line. Last week, the American Unitarian Association was relieved to rid itself of what seemed to be an embarrassing exception: the Rev. Stephen Hole Fritchman...