Word: intermittente
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Equally debilitating are cluster headaches, which strike their victims repeatedly for relatively short periods. A siege of intermittent pain can last several months. These headaches, which usually affect one side of the head in much the manner of migraines, are seven or eight times more likely to afflict men than...
When pigeons trained by the consistent method were switched to irregular reward, "they went to pieces," hitting their heads against the walls, flapping their wings, and pecking wildly at everything in sight. By contrast, birds trained on the intermittent system did not go wild when a correct peck failed to...
The device is a relatively recent innovation. Most pacemakers, implanted in the chest muscles under the collarbone, send out electric impulses that actually set the heartbeat rate. But G.E.'s $850 standby, or demand, unit is designed to assist hearts that need only intermittent stimulation. It works only when...
The Gulf issue was first raised at a mill-in in University Hall on February 24. Since then, PALC and Afro have continued intermittent protest over the issue.
McGuire said the 495 and 498 exchanges lost their dial tone completely for five minutes at 2:25 p.m., and that for the next 25 minutes "people were getting intermittent service." McGuire said the two exchanges were fully restored at 2:55 p.m.