Word: armes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Well, here is a problem that you have to look at. Supposing you increase the person's personal deduction in 1975. The guy who is not working doesn't get any income except unemployment. He doesn't get a shot in the arm. He may have had a job in 1974. So, if you just do it by the increase of the personal exemption on his income in 1975, he doesn't get any restoration of confidence. We want simplicity and promptness. Those are the two criteria that we are aiming for in the stimulative attack...
...some of the lessons were learned. There was the explosion that splattered him with acid when he was very young, and tried some experiments with batteries. And there was a severe shock in a lab several years ago, when a powerful charge ran in a complete circuit from one arm to the other, passing through his heart. He was almost knocked unconscious, but his first thoughts were, "What went wrong?" He quickly realized that there were two ways to install a fuse, and one of them could lead to accidents like his. "That's probably the best way to learn...
...wanted to wrestle a few since he's captain," coach John Lee said after the match, "But his neck is real bad. It's like trying to go out there with one arm...
Mishra, in fact, was easily the most unpopular man in the Indian government-not only because of the corruption charges, but also because he had successfully used strong-arm measures last year in breaking a national rail strike. At week's end, a crowd of government employees in New Delhi initially refused to express formal grief at the news of Mishra's death. Only after the main speaker, Jayaprakash Narayan himself, remonstrated with the group and declared that "no sane person can tolerate" such acts of terrorism did the audience reluctantly support the traditional resolution of condolence...
...device used to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer (from the Greek, meaning pulse measurement); it measures the air pressure needed to raise a column of mercury. To use it, the doctor pumps air into a cloth cuff wound tightly round the patient's arm. As the cuff expands, the column of mercury rises in response to the increasing air pressure. That pressure also causes the cuff to press against the brachial artery, stopping the flow of blood. The doctor, his stethoscope pressed against the patient's forearm, knows that the flow has ceased when...