Word: functional
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...astonished by the number of people similarly off schedule. When the alarm goes off, I am awake, hot or cold. I usually hear the click. If the alarm should not go off, I can rely on my internal alarm. I am introverted but don't really function until afternoon. I once slept for 27 hours because I wanted to and went without sleep for 64 hours for the same reason. I wake up happily enough, though my sleeping habits are outrageous. Now if I could just quickly get to sleep in the first place! Alas, the cars...
Although the transplanting of a human heart is the most dramatic feat of today's surgery, it is not the most difficult. From the technical standpoint, implantation of a new lung is more delicate and complex. And it carries an even greater risk of failure because the basic function of the lung is to inhale air from outside the body, thus exposing it to infection by airborne microbes. Of ten human-lung transplants previously reported, most have failed within a few days, and all in less than a month...
...larynx, also from an unnamed donor, was transplanted in a four-hour operation. To what extent Kluyskens tried to attach the recipient's laryngeal nerves to those in the graft, or to what extent he succeeded, was unclear. On this depends the ability of the larynx to function more or less like Borremans' own. Last week one of his doctors described Borremans' breathing as perfect, and added: "His voice already exists." He was still being fed artificially...
...housekeeping aboard Tektite, a second undersea habitat that had been lowered into Lameshur Bay at St. John, V.I., one of four fire extinguishers began to leak carbon dioxide into the cabin. It was quickly placed outside. The following day, the unit that had detected the carbon dioxide ceased to function. But Tektite technicians began hourly atmosphere checks to ensure the safety of the aquanauts and expressed confidence that their mission would continue successfully for its scheduled two-month duration. If everything goes according to plan, the aquanauts hope to complete underwater biological and geological studies, learn more about diving...
...however, Boston is emerging as one of the major capitals of the whit rock world (along with London, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles) and it is clear in retrospect that the notorious apathy and lack of interest displayed by Boston crowds in earlier years was merely a function of the fact that three were just no congenial rock dance-halls around. Which is another way of saying that the Boston Tea Party is doing for Boston what the Fillmore Ballroom did for San Francisco...