Word: breathing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What is a whale's spout made of? One theory: the spout is condensed vapor from the whale's moist breath. But in the tropics, where breath does not condense, the whale's spout is just as visible as in arctic cold. In Britain's Nature, Dr. F. C. Fraser and P. E. Purves tackle the old controversy again...
Just a Great Big Noise. "For three-quarters of a mile it was just another horse race. Then, at the half-mile pole, Seabiscuit moved, hugging the rail. A horse named Whichcee came over on Seabiscuit sharply. The crowd of 80,000 seemed to hold its breath. For an instant the four-legged horse and the two-legged boy, with four good legs between them, seemed certain to go down. But Pollard had learned the hard way-in the Western bull rings-and managed to ease off. The Biscuit drew off to win . . . from his own stablemate, Kayak...
Ever since high-school days in Burlington, Vt., Emma had had a mysterious breathing difficulty. For no apparent reason she would take a deep breath and then, as she thought, "stop breathing"; actually, she took shallow breaths on top of what she was holding, finally let all the air out with a giant sigh. Afraid of suffocating, she had spent years going from doctor to doctor, finally quit her work. Last October, a neurologist decided that her trouble was emotional, referred her to Montreal's famed Allan Institute...
...general health is good. He has no symptoms in any way pertaining to his heart-that is, he has no pain, no shortness of breath. There was a comment made about fatigue a week ago, which was not due to his heart but which may be attributed to fatigue such as anyone may feel. If any of you work quite hard with a long conference, you may get tired. It's a nervous symptom, as I view it, in all probability...
...sweat suit and a Mother Hubbard bonnet that ties under his chin. With a black book in hand, he trots briskly around his driveway or the roof of his office building on lower Fifth Avenue as he memorizes new words. "After a stiff workout," says a friend, "Lou's breath comes in polysyllables...