Word: freshing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from the pinon groves of Utah southward to the stands of saguaro cactus near the Mexican border, the six-state area last week dug out of disaster. The roar of plow and plane engines resounded as Southwesterners raced to clear the roads and rescue the stranded before fresh blizzards came sweeping down, as U.S. weathermen had predicted. The known dead totaled 15, most of them on the Navajo Reservation, which covers an area nearly as large as Ireland. Arizona state officials feared that more may have frozen to death in the clogged box canyons and drift-billowed deserts. More than...
...cell count plummeted alarmingly. As is usual after major surgery, it had been high-about three times the normal. Now it fell within a few hours to a low normal. In an effort to keep the count from dropping fatally close to zero, the hematologists centrifuged eight pints of fresh blood to separate the white cells and infused an estimated 25 billion of them into an arm vein. Even then Washkansky's white count did not rise. Destruction of cells was obviously continuing...
...buckled under urban pressure "longs for the simple rest of a child or a woman or a dog." Yet he knows that "a man wants more, much more." Wit, satire, views on social, moral and intellectual history -the author offers them with a refinement and subtlety that provide fresh insights into the daily experiences most people share...
Across the nation the first big crowds of skiers hit the slopes last week, and the new season was under way. Chances are good that wherever they went, skiers found new lifts, fresh trails, better lodges. But nowhere is the change more dramatic than in the West, where the mountains are higher, the snow deeper, and the enthusiasts are showing up each year in ever increasing numbers. Since last winter, new resorts have blossomed at Alpental, Wash., 55 miles east of Seattle in the Cascades, and at Bear Valley, Calif., a remote area in the northern Sierras that boasts...
Though details remained secret, what Deming was referring to was fresh moves by the pool's seven active members (the U.S., Britain, West Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and The Netherlands) to assure orderly trading on the London gold market, which handles 80% of the world's bullion dealings. The pool appeared most likely to: - Ban gold trading on credit, a measure designed to dampen speculative buying by those who would rather not spend cash for outright purchases. >Forbid purchases on a future-delivery basis. Because of the U.S. pledge to maintain the price of gold...