Word: chested
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prison's law library, he was attacked from behind by three fellow cons, all of them black. The gang beat and stabbed Ray, 53, with a foot-long metal window brace. Doctors in nearby Oak Ridge found 22 wounds in Ray's head, neck and chest, but after an hour of surgery and 77 stitches he was out of danger. At week's end Ray was discharged from Oak Ridge hospital and transferred to Brushy Mountain Prison infirmary. The motive for the bloody assault is a mystery. "If they wanted to kill him, they would have used...
...egoism are now so commonplace that self-glorification may be well on the way to becoming standard American style. Yet such an epidemic of flagrant braggadocio would have scandalized the country not long ago. Most Americans have always felt, as many still feel, dutybound to sniff at the ostentatious chest thumper and look down on all public boasting. Brazen self-admiration has never been considered criminal, nor necessarily degenerate, but it has always been judged tacky - poor form, at best. Good form has always required reticence about one's virtues. To think well of oneself was one thing...
Sometimes it begins with a mild discomfort in the chest. Other times the pain may be excruciatingly severe, holding the chest in a viselike grip...
Prompt emergency procedures can help restore normal heartbeat. This may be done by electrical stimulation, drugs or, in the absence of any other medical aid, chest massage. Keeping a list of emergency phone numbers and knowing what hospitals are best equipped to treat coronary cases can save valuable time and perhaps a family member's life. Because every second counts, more and more Americans are learning the life-and-death skills of cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
...heart attacks each year succumb before they reach a hospital. In a study of coronary patients at the University of Rochester, cardiologists found that the average interval between the onset of symptoms and hospitalization was 3½ hours, yet some 80% of these patients had experienced severe chest pains from the start. At least one reason for this hesitation is a belief that a heart attack always results in total incapacitation...