Word: fainted
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...upon which the lens of the eye casts the image) has two kinds of visual cells: cones, each with its direct line to the brain; rods connected in multiple to the optic nerve fibers. The cones give sharp, color vision, work in bright light only. The rods "gang up" faint and dim impressions in weak light, catch no color. Some animals have cones but apparently no color vision; no known color-seeing animals have rod cells alone...
...Electrical charges accumulate in clouds, positive at the top, negative on the bottom. A spark bursts through the air to another cloud or to the earth-lightning. First comes a faint leader stroke, then a huge discharge builds upward from the earth. The slender core (about the thickness of a finger) explodes into a column of fire much greater in diameter. As this heated air cools and contracts, other air rushes in to fill the space. This sudden disturbance makes the thunderclap...
...lovers actually think of the Chicagoans and their influence when they speak of the Chicago style. Bud Freeman, not Chicago style is the father of the jam session tenor. Then, too, many of the original Chicagoans have left the fold. Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, who still gives us a faint aroma of Teschmaker, Muggsy Spanier, and countless others are fronting commercial or semi-commercial bands...
...Those who kept their feet were gripped by fear and the mob. Patricia screamed: "Daddy, I can't stand it any more, I'm dying." Mr. Johnes tried to shove and make room for her, but he was unable to move an inch. Finally Mr. Johnes grew faint, his arms grew numb. Peter slipped down along Mr. Johnes's body until the dead boy's feet touched the floor...
...Norwegian Tattooist Einar ("Tattoo Bill") Kluge said last week: "Business isn't as good as it was in the last war, but it's good. . . . Women run to initials, roses and butterflies on the arm and leg, stand up to it better than men, who sometimes faint. As for the Marines, it's always the same-they all want 'Semper Fidelis...