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...coming-out party, orchestrated by Dole's folks, made some Dole operatives nervous, which is why by Tuesday there was talk of shortening Kemp's schedule, limiting his interviews, closing events to reporters. His acceptance speech was viewed with alarm even among Kemp insiders, who kept telling their boss to be prepared to keep it to "300 words." He may have won the fight for the party's soul, but he needed to be humble in victory...
...well. Coughing gets rid of the mucus in his respiratory system--in his throat or sometimes deep in his lungs. A nurse holds a coughalator to his throat, which functions like a vacuum cleaner. When she removes the tubing to the ventilator, it sets off a high-pitched alarm, as in a pop-off. Then she puts in inhalers to help Reeve's lungs open and breathe...
...came off in the evening. The alarm is sounding on my vent, and I'm making this clicking noise with my throat--clk, clk, clk--and the security guy comes in and asks, 'Are you all right, Mr. Reeve?' The vent is screaming, and I'm clicking. All he needed to do was put the hose back in place, but I guess his instructions were that his job was security, so he goes off to get a nurse. Now I've missed maybe four, five, six breaths. You don't feel pain when this happens; you feel panic. I only...
...hope to be ready for the rigors of Hell Week and beyond. Local alumni representatives will have taught them what is the best kind of sandpaper to keep their uniform brass tarnish free, the most effective bug repellent (knobs are not permitted to scratch in public), the most reliable alarm clocks and the most durable T shirts. They will also be mentally prepared for the ritual hazing, designed to remind cadets that the military has no room for free spirits. As Henry Woods, class of '67, told an incoming group recently, "Remember, once you enter the Citadel...
...discovered there was no electricity in the morning because some people had electric alarm clocks," said Carolyn M. Fast '98, who is a teacher for Partners for Empowering Neighborhoods (PEN) and also lives in Winthrop. "We almost all missed teaching but some people had battery alarm clocks...