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...level pressure of 14.7 Ibs. p.s.i.) to Apollo's low-pressure (5 Ibs. p.s.i.) atmosphere of pure oxygen.* If they did not stop in the chamber on the way from Soyuz into Apollo, spacemen would get the bends-the sometimes fatal buildup of nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream that afflicts deep-sea divers when they ascend too rapidly from the high-pressure depths...
...Muskie is nominated, his aides will doubtless do their best to eliminate some of his worst puns from the national hustings. But once punning gets into the bloodstream, it seems to be as intoxicating as alcohol. Even that master of precooked prose, Richard Nixon, could not resist a pun on the morning after he was elected to the presidency. Referring to a presidential seal that Julie had stitched and framed for him, Nixon described it as "the kindest thing that I had happen, even though it's crewel." That conjures up the frightening vision of a Nixon-Muskie race...
...obvious: smoke-filled air contains visible smoke particles and invisible gases that may irritate the eyes and nasal passages. These same substances may also trigger allergic reactions. The least obvious and most insidious danger is that a colorless gas, carbon monoxide, may get into the nonsmoker's bloodstream in sufficient quantity to damage his heart and lungs or exacerbate heart-lung disease that he already...
Inhaled carbon monoxide, in smokers and nonsmokers alike, enters the bloodstream through the inner surface of the lungs, competing with oxygen in the process. The result is that the hemoglobin of the red blood cells carries less oxygen than normal, plus a load of the poisonous carboxyhemo-globin. Cigar smoke presents a hazard similar to that from cigarettes...
...basing the show so completely on the ramdon writings of New York school children its creators sacrifice any sort of dramatic structure. The Me Nobody Knows has no story, no beginning, no middle, no end and no point other than the fashionable themes the adaptors have mainlined into its bloodstream. Without a dramatic situation to explore, the creators must try to manufacture the significance that ought to have emerged naturally. When they abruptly make it heavy, it's not surprising the product sometimes seems phony...