Word: em
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...illness that is gradually choking to death a million or more Americans might be expected to be a well-known subject of intensive attack by medical scientists. But the progressive and eventually fatal shortness of breath that doctors call emphysema (pronounced em-fe-see-muh) is so little known that it has no common English name. Until recently few laymen even realized that it existed,* and most doctors thought it was rare. But emphysema is rapidly changing its status. It is now recognized as probably the most common disabling disorder of the respiratory system...
...rodeo circuit. But Wegner's traveling expenses alone run to $12,000 a year, and he bets on himself to make ends meet. "I went up to Omak, Wash.," he says, "and this outfit had a bull they said had never been ridden. I bet 'em a thousand bucks that I could ride him. I put up half, and a friend put up the rest. I rode him. I had to. 1 gave 'em a bum check for that...
...worry, wait till we get 'em on the stairs...
...drag 'em so fast--they ride on their heels. Take 'em down a little slower--they bounce more that...
...should do like they do in them foreign countries; Beat 'em senseless first, then throw 'em...