Word: corded
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...Even the cords that a sympathetic serviceman has semi-legally installed must go, because, as Gates explained, "a long cord is a long cord and is, therefore, not allowed...
...college also claims that a long cord is a fire hazard. When asked if Cambridge has any laws against long cords, however, a spokesman for the fire department answered, "Of course not. What does that have to do with the fire department...
...insists that it should not be started until a baby has failed to breathe for five minutes after delivery.* Then, while efforts to start respiration continue, the child should be immersed in cold tap water, flat on his back, so that only his mouth, nose, eyes and untrimmed umbilical cord are out of the water. The baby's blood may be cooled as low as 68°F. If the procedure ever wins wide U.S. approval, chilling might be helpful for several thousand babies a year who would otherwise die or be doomed to live with damaged brains...
...Detroit, where secrets are hard to keep, General Motors has for many months been working on a top-secret project: a new and sporty-looking Oldsmobile that will be the first U.S. auto to have front wheel drive since the 1937 Cord. The new car-code-named "Holiday"-is a 1966 model that G.M. plans to introduce next fall...
...with an electric current. To upset his body's acid-alkali balance, he drank ammonium chloride and panted for days afterward. To prove that "sunstroke" (properly, heat stroke) is not caused directly by the sun's rays, but by the overheating of the brain and spinal cord, he sat in Egypt's broiling sun for two hours, periodically dousing his head and spine with water. He got no heat stroke, but he suffered a severe sunburn across his broad shoulders...