Word: gutted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more likely to be crushed than a bucket of water lowered into the depths." Damage can occur only when there is an unequalized difference of pressure-and that means where there is air, i.e., in the lungs and airways, paranasal sinuses and the middle ear. (Gas in the gut gives no trouble because the supple intestinal walls simply contract to equalize the pressure...
...Fulhams hope that some of the peaks and valleys of supply and demand will be flattened by "freezing in the round"-a method devised by the Fish and Wildlife Service to enable trawlers to gut and freeze fish at sea, stay out while the fishing is good, thus build up inventories that will tide them over slack periods (the Fulhams' contribution: a method of part-thawing, preparing and refreezing the fish, which they say preserves flavor). They have offered Boston's fishermen substantial loans to modernize the fleet, and plan to revive the Boston whiting fishery, which suffered...
...through the water as if a shark were snapping at his toes, set a new Olympic record in the 400-meter freestyle, helped his teammates set a world record as they took the 800-meter relay, then came back to whip New York's George Breen in the gut-wrenching 1,500-meter grind...
When a man has butterflies in his stomach, how fast are their wingbeats? Does anger or anxiety have a greater effect on stomach contractions? Medical researchers trying to answer these questions have been hampered by difficulty in observing what goes on inside the gut. Last week a team of U.C.L.A. psychologists studying automatic nervous reactions announced a compact solution to the problem: a plastic-coated magnet no bigger than a small medicine capsule...
...Lionel White, tells the familiar story of a stickup. Led by an ex-convict (Sterling Hayden), six men put the heist on a race track, but even though the tote is $2,000,000, the script fixes things so that crime does not pay. Nevertheless, the plot produces a gut-clenching suspense and plenty of surprises -pulled out of the hat alive and kicking...