Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...differs from most other vitamins in a second important respect: too much of it is as bad as too little. Severe or long-term excess causes chalky calcium deposits in arteries, notably the aorta, and in the kidneys, with stone formation and loss of kidney function. Eventually, this can be fatal. To guard...
...Womb at the Top." To abandon a foundering spacecraft, the astronaut dons extravehicular activity (EVA) gear, seals himself in the lifeboat and vents carbon dioxide and excess oxygen from his EVA suit to power the craft's attitude-control system. Face pressed against the porthole, he aligns his lifeboat with the horizon by firing the attitude-control jets. After sighting a landmark on earth with the reticle marked on the porthole, he aims and fires the retrorocket for 100 seconds, thus braking the lifeboat to a de-orbiting speed of 16,500 m.p.h. Then the retrorocket is jettisoned...
...Flying Paper Tigers"). It offers recipes for such dishes as "True Way to Marxist Contentment Soup," and "Sweet and Rotten Pork," all of which consist of rice, fish heads (if available) and radishes. If faithfully followed, the regimen is guaranteed to eliminate not only the dieter's excess flab but the dieter. Meanwhile, Red soldiers are cautioned to "report all fortune-cookie messages to the Security Officer." And so forth...
...Public. As Castello's successor, Costa e Silva is taking a new approach to Brazil's economic problems. Where Castello blamed excess demand for the country's inflationary troubles and tried to limit the amount of money in circulation, Costa's government is putting emphasis on industrial development to help meet the demand. Thus, in a recent three-year plan setting down guidelines for his administration, Costa called for an "acceleration of development" first and "containment of inflation" second. All that Costa seeks is "relative stability of prices" and "inflation inferior to the year before." Such...
...remain. Currently under attack is Georgia's "employable mothers" law, which allows counties to cut Negro mothers off the family-aid rolls whenever farmers need $2.50-a-day crop pickers. In 21 states, grants may not exceed a stated maximum no matter how many children a family has. Excess children must live in other homes or go hungry...