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  • Allegations: Perrin & Nissen is an English company that makes toy balloon products under the names “Magic Plastic” and “Amazing Elastic Plastic.”

    Archive 2009-04-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • An annual international trampoline competition in Switzerland is called the Nissen Cup, and what is now known as the Nissen-Emery Award has been given to the top male senior collegiate gymnast since 1966.

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2010

  • Peter Vidmar, a 1984 Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics, called Nissen "a hero of mine."

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2010

  • An annual international trampoline competition in Switzerland is called the Nissen Cup, and what is now known as the Nissen-Emery Award has been given to the top male senior collegiate gymnast since 1966.

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2010

  • Peter Vidmar, a 1984 Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics, called Nissen "a hero of mine."

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2010

  • These days, the most common surgery is a procedure called a Nissen fundoplication, It is done laparoscopically, during which time the surgeon wraps a part of the stomach around the leaking valve to fortify it.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

  • These days, the most common surgery is a procedure called a Nissen fundoplication.

    ScrippsNews 2009

  • After he had cannoned off the roof of a 'Nissen' into the cook-house I took my turn, and to my disgust pulled into a trench that formed part of our old support line.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04 Various

  • Dr. Steven Nissen, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, published the study first linking Avandiato a higher risk of heart attack.

    Diabetes Drug Avandia Faces Stricter Regulation 2010

  • Dr. Steven Nissen, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, published the study first linking Avandiato a higher risk of heart attack.

    Diabetes Drug Avandia Faces Stricter Regulation 2010

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