Word: frailness
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...family put the blame on the Woodward-Bernstein book The Final Days, as if reading about the nightmare was worse than living it. She recovered from that stroke and another after they moved to New York in 1980. Beset by emphysema and then lung cancer, she grew ever more frail. Last week, after 81 years, the life that had been a study in selflessness came to a quiet close, surrounded by the family who understood the real Pat Ryan Nixon...
...which can lead to seizures and death. Most diabetics recognize the early symptoms, such as light-headedness, and eat something sweet before the effects become dangerous. But because of the risk of hypoglycemia, the intensive treatment program is not recommended for children under seven and elderly people who are frail...
Despite his frail frame, Gates has plenty of muscle. The company he co- founded, Microsoft, accounts for nearly 40% of the PC software industry's revenues of $8 billion and commands 90% of the crucial market for system- control software. Microsoft's disk operating system, known as MS-DOS, is now installed on about 60 million IBM-compatible personal computers, or 75% of all the PCs in the world. Competitors claim Microsoft abuses its market power, but the company was cleared of all antitrust charges in a Federal Trade Commission probe in February. Last week a federal judge dismissed Apple...
However, after he refused to fol low an order to signify that the frail ship was ready for combat, the Navy threatened to court-martial him. Hagerty says, though, that the Navy decided instead to discharge him "when faced with the proposal of an Ivy League officer rotting in their jail...
...movements as nature's prophylactic -- "Push, my love," she whispers urgently to the infant Leo, a captive princeling enthroned on a potty. His near mute sisters Nanette and Rita shuttle dully from fantasy to insanity, from home to the local asylum. His brother, musclebound Fernand (Yves Montmarquette), is so frail of spirit that he is prey for the scrawniest bully. His gross grandfather (Julien Guiomar) has tried to drown Leo, who can't wait to return the favor...