Word: breath
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...breath of life for "blue babies." Some NEWBORNS have trouble breathing because blood vessels in their lungs don't expand properly. But now doctors find that inhaling nitric oxide can help. In half the infants studied, tiny quantities of the gas restored breathing within minutes--with no harmful side effects...
...staff is known for its strident demands, but in this case, it is wasting its breath. The staff may as well be calling for imagined fairies named Harvard University and the city of Boston to wave their wands and render the river sparkling. The town of Milford is working to revamp its waste systems, the EPA has warned people, and crew teams producing world-class rowers need a place to practice. This is an unfortunate situation that many people are working to remedy. We believe that the staff is being unreasonable...
...short-term correction could be just what the doctor ordered to let the bulls catch their breath. "We're going to see ups and downs, and that would be healthy," says financial consultant Bert Ely. "The market needs some time for earnings to catch up with [prices]. But in the longer term, interest rates could well decline, and that would definitely be bullish, putting a firmer floor under the market's high levels...
...world dominated by alienation and decay, the collection of Rodney Smith photographs at the Pucker Gallery is like a breath of fresh air. His photography is simple and expressive, but with a touch of wit. Compared with the in-your-face, shocking, ephemeral art produced today, Smith's photographs seem very out of place. Classical in their composition and serene in their mood, each of them invites us to stop and reflect...
...snowy beach I thought of an old friend who just got married to the wonderful woman with whom he had been living in perfect bohemian splendor for a dozen years, in a high Episcopalian ceremony so beautiful it took your breath away. And I thought of an old enemy and his new wife who are about to have their first child, and I wished them great happiness. I thought of other things I cannot name. Then I thought of my mother, 89, her once fine and witty mind assaulted by Alzheimer's but otherwise, and cruelly, in excellent health...