Word: fainting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lifter and as a specialist in cardiovascular disorders," Dr. William S. Breall of San Francisco writes to the Journal editors: "I would like to note a few other possible dangers." First of all, Breall says, a weight lifter should learn to breathe properly, or he may fall in a faint, damage his lungs or suffer a hernia in the groin or the diaphragm. Taking issue with those who dismiss high blood pressure as a hazard, Breall draws attention to the danger of "weight lifter's hypertension." A man performing "severe isometrics," he explains, markedly increases his blood pressure because...
...recent weeks, despite continued bitter clashes in the Middle East, U.S. diplomats have detected what seemed to them a few faint signals for peace amid the customary klaxons of war. Both the private and public utterances of the Israelis and of some Arab leaders suggested that, after three years of an increasingly bellicose confrontation, the two sides might be weary of war and amenable to a settlement-if only it could be arranged in a face-saving manner for both. Washington, which has been anxious over the erosion of its own role in the Middle East and the ominous intrusion...
...Dust. Actually, that business has a promising future. Besides illuminating the complex mechanisms of stellar evolution and the building of elements, it could yield important clues to the origin of the universe. By measuring the effect on interstellar molecules of the so-called background radiation* (believed to be the faint remnant of the "big bang" that, according to one theory, created the universe), astronomers may learn more about the primordial explosion. Most intriguing of all, the molecules could provide tantalizing evidence of lifebuilding far from earth...
...stood downstairs waiting for the train and read through Dear Abby. I was beginning to feel really faint all of a sudden and considered passing out, especially since the train was taking forever to come. Then I read Anthony LaCamera's column entitled "Television and Sex Don't Always Mix." Tony was unhappy about all the liberal discussions of-on a certain program, especially since several such programs were scheduled for Holy Week. Some of the guests were pretty free of tongue, it seems. Tony wrote...
Still, as in all good humorists, there has often been an implied anguish, a faint twinge of bitterness behind the witty satire. King's most recent work, titled Farmers and currently displayed at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in Manhattan, is not comic at all, but starkly tragic. It consists of a dozen or so limp, lifeless figures fashioned from corrugated cardboard. King ran up a pair of black cotton pajamas for each, made conical hats from brown wrapping paper, and tossed them all in a casual heap on the floor. "I wanted to make a point...