Word: chested
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Paratrooper draws his chutes-the main, worn on the back, and the small reserve, which will ride on his chest. "Put 'em on," orders the jumpmaster, and the Paratrooper and a buddy help each other, threading the straps, snapping the hooks, fitting each item by the book. An officer pokes and tugs and checks every item, again by the book, then slaps the Paratrooper on the rump and says, "O.K." It is light now, and the Paratrooper stares with amusement at the troopers around him. Their faces, like his, are smeared with camouflage grease paint, blending with their mottled...
...saved his life. Inside the hollowed-out copy of Sloan Wilson's novel Ice Brothers was a spring-activated pipe bomb filled with explosive black powder and pieces of shrapnel. Because the bomb exploded a few feet away, Wood survived, though suffering heavy lacerations on his legs and chest...
Their heads covered with ceremonial hoods, the four condemned prisoners were buried chest-deep in the earth just outside the town of Kerman in southern Iran. After the presiding Islamic judge had cast the first stone, five other people began pelting the hooded figures with rocks, some as large as oranges. The prisoners-two men accused of assorted sex crimes and two female prostitutes-took 15 minutes to die under the barbaric barrage. It was the first time in centuries that execution by stoning, a traditional Islamic punishment for certain sexual offenses, had been carried out in Iran...
...technique has been used since 1974 by Neurosurgeon Yoshio Ho-sobuchi of the University of California in San Francisco. He implants one to three hair-thin electrodes in the brain or spine; these wires lead to a small radio-activated electrical source placed just under the skin of the chest. To get relief from pain, the patient presses a small radio transmitter against the chest. The transmitter's signal activates the little power plant, which promptly shoots a tiny electrical current into the brain or spine and thus fires critical nerve cells. The object: to release a flow...
...insurance against the miseries of backache. They include a series of squats on tiptoe while holding a chair for balance; sit-ups that include touching the toes; pushing forward as far as possible on a bent knee; curling forward while seated in a chair; and tucking knees to chest while lying flat on the back. Their purpose: to firm up the various muscles, such as those of the abdomen, chest and hips, that support the spine; only a few minutes of daily exercising should suffice. The movements may be uncomfortable at first, and each exercise should be repeated only...