Word: heartbeating
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Leonard Bias died of cocaine intoxication. This interrupted normal electrical control of his heartbeat, which resulted in sudden onset of seizures and cardiac arrest. The toxicological study we did in addition to the cocaine analysis showed no alcohol or other drugs in his body at the time of his death...
...four days, 7 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. The pay is only minimum wage, she says, standard for the local people hired as extras, "but they feed us out of this world. And I do feel like a celebrity. I'd do it again, yes, ma'am. In a heartbeat." Today she has played a townswoman meeting a bus. Just now she is watching another scene being shot and reshot: Sissy Spacek, as the youngest MaGrath sister, Babe, looking on forlornly as her 15- year-old black lover Willie Jay and his dog Dog, each wearing sunglasses as disguise, leave...
...cruel death last week of Len Bias, the All- America from Maryland, got crueler. Cocaine was implied, maybe an experimental first taste. Friends considered even that unthinkable, but if the substance found in his car and system was cocaine, then in some dazzling order more rapid than a heartbeat, Bias must have experienced all the shades of an athlete's life in a few hours, when his chest exploded...
...travel store at the truck stop has a machine to measure heartbeat in exchange for a quarter. There are racks of jackets, belts, truck supplies, tape cassettes. On the wall are paintings for sale, simulated wood with likenesses of John Wayne or a stag. The rack by the cash register is stuffed with Twinkies and chocolate Suzy...
...Macs are about to become somewhat famous too. Starting in April, a new McDonald's TV commercial will feature them in scenes from their current jobs, wearing caps like the ones they wore under the golden arches. McLaughlin might be seen, stethoscope in hand, listening to a patient's heartbeat. United / Airlines Copilot Tom Losasso, 45, who worked for McDonald's while at Colorado State College, will be at the controls of a Boeing...