Word: chested
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...complaining that his neck hurt. Jeffrey seemed to be coming down with a sore throat, but soon his temperature reached 106° F (41° C). A lymph gland in his neck swelled to golf-ball size, his lips and tongue turned strawberry, and scarlet blotches appeared on his chest and back. Jeffrey's illness: a perplexing and long unrecognized childhood malady called Kawasaki disease...
...people in the U.S. die from cardiac arrest, usually caused by uncontrolled contraction of muscle fibers in the heart's pumping chambers. Known as ventricular fibrillation, these attacks cut off circulation and halt the flow of blood to the brain. Only powerful electrical shocks administered directly to the chest or heart with bulky machines called defibrillators seem to stop such life-threatening episodes. But all too often, victims are stricken at home or in the streets and help does not arrive in time...
...much to forget. Friends of his die every month from overdoses, or are murdered. Many are in prison. He has special nightmares about Candyman. "He was a boxer like me," Ramos recalls. "He was set up trying to rip off a dealer and shot five times in the chest. The funeral was very, very sad. They put Candyman's gloves and robe on top of his coffin. When my mother and sisters saw him, they saw me lying there...
...also seems slower today, getting under the bar late and, sometimes, not getting there at all. He starts to sweat profusely as he warms up, a bad sign that does not go unnoticed. He looks fine trying the clean and jerk, in which a lifter brings the bar chest-high, then heaves it overhead...
...look of a football guard, Painter tries not to dwell on the future. Instead, he spends his empty hours playing with his two children, helping his wife Kathy around the house, or ritualistically unpacking and cleaning the precision calipers, gauges and scales that lie neatly slotted in his tool chest. Painter was halfway through a program to become a journeyman machinist when he was laid off. Those tools still represent his dream of advancement. His determination unbending, he says: "A man's got to keep his hands in tune, his mind alert. You can't let them slowly...