Word: dubs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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According to the journal report, all 14 patients who benefited from dixogen had a symptom called a third heart sound, an abnormal noise that occurs when the heart strikes the chest wall. The third heart sound, which Johnson says determines who should receive digitalis therapy, is an extra "dub" heard after the normal "lub-dub" sound that the heart makes when heard through a stethoscope...
...Boston, M.L. Carr, is playing every game as an invaluable sixth man for the World Champion Boston Celtics, and he has earned the reputation in Bean-town that he enjoyed in Detroit. His energy and good humor on and off the court have prompted the Boston press to dub him the Celtic's spark plug...
Reinstated in the army in 1950, Sadat joined Nasser in the coup that toppled King Farouk two years later. Sadat held a variety of posts under Nasser, distinguishing himself mainly by a slavish obedience that led colleagues to dub him "Nasser's poodle." Nasser apparently appreciated his docile loyalty and named him Vice President in 1969. A year later, Nasser was dead of a heart attack and the little-known Sadat became President...
Rashante Rub-a-Dub Band--Western Front...
...sing about his experiences as a black. On Escape Artist, the sound is more emphatically Jamaican. Indeed, Jeffreys may be the first off-island artist to have done reggae right. One of Escape Artist's best tunes is a fierce evocation of the Miami riots of 1980 done "dub" style. Dub is reggae dressed down, and Jeffreys has lately taken to wearing his hair in the braided dreadlocks favored by Jamaican Rastafarians. That is more than a gesture of style. It helps connect him a little more closely to the music. After all this time, it gives...