Word: bent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Moving awkwardly on all fours, knuckles bent, they were ungainly creatures on the ground and also extremely vulnerable. Barely 3 ft. high, unable to see over the tall grass, Rama suddenly found himself and his brood confronted by a snarling saber-toothed tiger. What...
...muscles, tendons and ligaments keeps the column from collapsing. The lower portion of the spine, known as the lumbosacral region, is the site of the pain that bothers most people. It can withstand pressures of hundreds of pounds. Yet the entire column is so flexible that it can be bent to form two-thirds of a circle...
Driving long distances can be a sure pain in the back. Some remedies: get out of the car every hour and walk around for a few minutes; position the seat forward so that knees are bent; place a cushion at the small of the back; if the tilt of a car's seats can be adjusted, change the angle slightly every so often. Boston Orthopedist Robert Boyd has perhaps the best idea: "If the trip is longer than a few hours...
...turns out, Secretary Lansard Blaine, a brilliant diplomat who was up for a Nobel Peace Prize, was a compulsive lover of complaisant young women. He was also in the pay of numerous foreign corporations bent on influencing U.S. foreign trade policy. The investigation into his murder is entrusted by President Robert Lang Webster to one of his aides, Ron Fairbanks. The sleuth is given authority to question even the President himself if necessary. Fairbanks, it happens, has an affair of the heart with the President's daughter Lynne. He also has a consuming hatred for the Haldermanic White House...
...gasoline-drinking internal-combustion engine, but by a zinc-chloride "Electric Engine" developed by Gulf & Western Industries. The G & W power system, unveiled with much fanfare, is the latest step toward the return of the volts wagon. With gasoline heading toward $1.50 per gal., with the nation bent on reducing imports of OPEC oil, and with cleaner air high on Washington's list of priorities, the electric vehicle, or EV for short, is the focus of increasing scientific and marketing attention. The EVs reincarnation could profoundly affect how Americans get around in the next century. David N. ("Jim") Judelson...