Word: gasped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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About 60% of the 50,000 asphyxial deaths represent newborn babies who never breathe at all or who gasp feebly and then turn blue. Dr. Flagg is famed for his skill in urging the breath of life into the newborn, and he believes that probably 20% of these 30,000 breathless babies could be saved-if 1) anesthetists more often took charge of them, 2) ordinary doctors learned more about the art of resuscitation and anesthesia...
...California," he glowed, "is the land of happiness. The ascent to 12,000 feet to cross the Rocky Mountains made us gasp for breath, but the descent at Reno, the rich and verdant oasis of divorce, and that over San Francisco Bay, the most beautiful of landscapes, repaid us for our mountain sickness...
Suddenly a boy carrying a green card dashed by. "Study card," thought Vag, and a puzzled frown rose to his face. What had it said on his card? With a gasp Vag wrenched open the brown envelope he'd been dangling and skimmed its contents. What was this: "Two signatures . . . forgotten . . . five o'clock!" With a cry of anguish Vag glanced at his watch and tore down the path. Beads of sweat stood out on his face...
...Germans, of course, have almost no petroleum. But neither (relatively speaking) has the U.S. Any day now-perhaps in only 15 years-the last U.S. oil wells will begin to gurgle, gasp and dry up. And, said the Bureau of Mines last week, look at synthetic rubber: we all wish serious work on that had begun before last Dec 7. Look also at Alaska: it has lots of coal and no oil,* and perhaps gasoline can be made on the spot cheaper than it can be hauled in by tanker (though Alaska's chief ports are no farther from...
...Socialist Blum's answers to charges that he sold out France to sit-down strikers and Communist intriguers. He had dealt with Communists, he said, because it was "impossible to defend republican ideals by excluding a large mass of the people." With a daring that made the courtroom gasp, he spoke of a Communist, recently a saboteur, "who often bitterly attacked...