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...seven physicians (six Americans, one Malaysian) working on hyaline membrane disease at Singapore's Kandang Kerbau Hospital, all found themselves reaching back to studies of ducks and seals-experiments that were in some cases nearly a century old. When those aquatic creatures swim below the surface, a "dive" reflex slows their heartbeats and contracts their peripheral arteries, thus concentrating the available oxygenated blood in the heart and brain. Most of the body's tissues then switch from an oxygen-burning system to one in which nutrients are "burned" without oxygen...
...Like a crappysubmarine, like a crappy sub, watta dive," a hulking 200 pounder muttered over and over in the second balcony. "Five lousy dollars, for the worst fiasco since the first Patterson job. He never even touched him. Watta...
...alive because he is a superb pilot. Making his observation runs, he slides, fishtails, zooms and banks-anything to avoid enemy fire. "I usually fly looking back over my shoulder," he says. "That's because when I make a pass, the V.C. usually freeze, jump into holes or dive into water. By looking back I can see them popping up again." When he sees them, he summons fighter-bombers. As they approach, Mac guides them by radio: "I see six guys down there under those big trees to my left, wearing those crazy hats. I'll mark...
...series of pictures that Ranger sent home from its final dive began with a view of the Crater Alphonsus and its neighbors, a picture that just about matched the best that have been taken by the biggest telescopes on earth. Then, as the spacecraft plunged toward its impact point, the lunar landscape expanded. Slowly at first, then faster and faster, the field of view narrowed (see cuts), and details emerged that had never before been glimpsed by human eyes...
...Harvard senior placed eighth in a finals of the one-meter dive on Thursday, but failed to qualify for the high on Saturday. The top ten athletes in such event make up the All-American hand...