Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...simple. On a conventional mattress, a few pressure points bear most of the patient's weight; the pressure causes closing of capillaries, killing cells and resulting in sores at these points. On a water mattress, weight is evenly distributed, and no part of the body is subject to excess pressure...
Thus far, at least, the 1974-75 flu has claimed few lives. The U.S. Public Health Service's Center for Disease Control in Atlanta reports that a check of 121 cities reveals that influenza has caused only 578 excess deaths* so far this season, mostly from complications. This year's total is far below the 2,200 fatalities attributed to the 1972-73 outbreak. But the CDC still urges caution...
...stricter government controls on auto pollution. President Ford, however, has asked recently that the implementation of laws requiring new emission control devices be delayed to conserve gasoline use. If his proposal is adopted, the library will increase air pollution in an area that has carbon monoxide levels presently in excess of federal standards 60 to 70 per cent of the time...
Edelin acknowledged after skimming passages from the tests that he could not find references to abortions in excess of 20 weeks fetal age, but that none of the books "set an upper limit" on abortion
...quiet, grandfatherly man who is married and has one son, Price is popular and trusted within the House. For 16 terms his constituents from the grimy industrial towns around East St. Louis have elected him to Congress, recently with margins in excess of 2 to 1. Now 70, Price worked as a reporter for several Illinois and Missouri newspapers before his election...