Word: fainting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Faint Signals. Russian scientists had redesigned the Venera spacecraft to withstand pressures of 150 earth atmospheres and temperatures in excess of 1000° F. They also redesigned their parachute (probably made of steel mesh) to enable Venera to descend more rapidly to the surface. To allow for the higher landing velocity, they incorporated a shock-absorbing landing gear...
...Soviets delayed so long in reporting the triumph? Western experts speculated that they were being cautious in analyzing Venera's faint signals. The Russians were embarrassed, after the flight of Venera 4, when U.S. scientists correctly disputed their claims that the craft's radio had operated until it reached the surface...
...tall, affable Democrat, Egeberg has been an Administration outsider from the start. In appearances before congressional committees, he has often damned Nixon health programs with less than faint praise. Six months ago, he publicly questioned whether the White House knew what was going on in the health field...
...recall, he didn't even put my motion to a vote. He pressed a secret button which gave the signal to the generals who were waiting in the next room. Zhukov was the first to appear. Then Moskalenko and the others came in. Malenkov said in a faint voice to Comrade Zhukov, 'As Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R., I request that you take Beria into custody.' 'Hands up!' Zhukov commanded Beria." The police boss seemed to be reaching for his briefcase, says Khrushchev. "I seized his arm to prevent him from...
...Santa Paula moves down the Hudson toward the sea, my first faint yearnings for a cigarette coalesce into raving desire. A quick drink only magnifies the pangs. The dinner gong bongs and I meet my tablemates: we loathe each other on sight. One sucks on dummy cigarettes. Another is clearly going to have no trouble quitting: he is too loaded to light a cigarette. Says Hy, a Newark businessman: "We are all compulsive suicides...