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They concluded that the catheter was stimulating the pharynx, the upper segment of the throat. The resulting impulses given out by the complex nerves in and around the pharynx somehow interrupted the impulses driving the hiccups. The pharynx-stimulating technique has been tried on 100 patients, both conscious and unconscious. The catheter was introduced through either nose or mouth and was used to tickle or vibrate the middle section of the pharynx. The result in all but one case was immediate cessation of hiccups. It is hardly convenient for use at home. But if it works as well...
Awarding red hats is a papal act requiring exquisite diplomacy and political tact. Ideally, a list of new cardinals should pay discreet homage to every major segment of the Roman Catholic Church: a prelate or two from major sees that traditionally require cardinal-archbishops; a sprinkling of faithful retainers from the Roman Curia; a spokesman for at least one nation that has never before had a member of the sacred college; a heroic bishop who has defended the Christian faith behind the Iron Curtain; and at least one energetic American...
...forces against the highway were themselves splintered and not nearly so strong as they appeared; and second, there were many interests--mostly silent interests--which desperately wanted the highway to go down Brookline-Elm. The opposing forces neutralized each other. Once the DPW got around to picking the Cambridge segment of the highway, it could really heavily on engineering and traffic criteria, and by those standards, the DPW's engineers remained of one mind--Brookline...
...begun to move forward on a route for the highway. In late fall of 1963, it won tentative approval of a route through Boston from Mayor John F. Collins, and the next January it received a similar nod for the location of the small but important segment of the highway in Somerville. Cambridge had done nothing to join in opposition with either of these cities, and now the opportunity to do so was gone forever...
...among non-Communist countries. Washington figures that the reductions, phased over four years starting in July, will add at least $3 billion a year to that volume but leave the total balance of U.S. imports and exports about where it stands. The effects will be felt by nearly every segment of the U.S. economy. Imported Volkswagens, for instance, will probably cost less to the U.S. consumer, as will French cheeses, Swiss watches, Japanese cameras, Italian ceramics and Hong Kong silk suits. American farmers, on the other hand, expect bigger markets abroad for such items as cotton, tobacco and soybeans...