Word: hiccups
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...Latin student begins wistfully with "In the world of mules/ There are no rules." Without pause or hiccup he sprints through "Mundus mulorum/ Non est regularum." Triumph! Wistful no longer, the poseur sweeps...
...Tall") Jones, a 6-ft. 9-in., 268-lb. defensive tackle, is a likely first-round draft choice for the pros. "Jones will go hard at you every play," Merritt says, "like he's killing snakes." Wide Receiver John Holland, according to the coach, is "quick as a hiccup...
...union, the automakers' proposals amount to much less. "Essentially a hiccup," scoffed Irving Bluestone, the chief U.A.W. bargainer at G.M. Counting the disputed 26? as "old money," the U.A.W. calculates the first-year offer of "new money" at no more than an average 3? per hour, or .75%. The union has hinted that a pay-and-benefit increase of 8% plus the catch-up 26? would be acceptable. That would amount to an increase for the average worker of roughly double the industry offer...
...early wave of the British sound in 1964, including a Beatles period, can be traced back to the shy Texan. The rolling beat of Peggy Sue and Tell Me How lived, as little else of the '50's did, well into the '60's, and the Holly hiccup that gracenotes the title phrase of Oh Boy and gives "love" second and third syllables is one of rock's top trademarks...
...Mohamad Ramez Salem, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at the University of Chicago, has just reported what he considers a near-sure hiccup cure. Standard remedies, which range from breathing into a paper bag to injection of muscle-calming atropine, can be effective, but not for all victims. Moreover, some have bad side effects. The new method has so far proved almost universally successful...