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...oversaturation of the nervous system with nitrogen or carbon dioxide under the increased pressure. "The first stage," writes Cousteau, "is a mild anesthesia, after Which the diver becomes a god. If a passing fish seems to require air, the crazed diver may tear out his air pipe or mouth grip [and offer it to the fish] as a sublime gift...
...Childhood nightmares overruled my mind. I was ill in bed, terrorized with the realization that everything in the world was thick. My fingers were sausages. My tongue was a tennis ball. My lips swelled grotesquely on the mouth grip. The air was syrup. The water jelled around me as though I were smothered in aspic. I hung witless on the rope. Standing aside was a smiling, jaunty man, my second self, perfectly self-contained, grinning sardonically at the wretched diver. [He] ordered that I unloose the rope and go on down...
...Mintener & wife, who helped Candidate Ike get a big write-in vote in the Minnesota primary last March 18. Then 29 red-jacketed members of the Palomino Mounted Patrol of Colorado, followed by the boys of the Junior Police Band of Denver. Each one expected, and got, the presidential grip...
...getting one for themselves.* Even little girls seem to regard the White House with extreme caution. While small boys consistently plan to become President when they grow up, few junior misses waste any time at all plotting to become Presidents' wives. The giddy human female seldom loses her grip on reality. The life of a First Lady is not easy...
...hand "twist-grip" handle for steering and speed control on almost all new models of outboard motors, some of which reverse the motor with a twist of the wrist...