Word: lunge
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hashish may induce a severe, long-lasting mental illness in individuals who are predisposed to schizophrenia, especially if it is used simultaneously with other powerful drugs. Some of the effects may resemble those that result from physical damage to the brain. In any case, heavy use leads to severe lung damage. While moderate hashish use by normal individuals has nothing to commend it, the report suggests, the effects are neither permanent nor seriously damaging...
...leagues. Lombardi, a gregarious but incomprehensible figure, slit his throat. And Campanella, who might well have become the first black manager in major-league baseball, was paralyzed from the waist down in a 1958 automobile accident (last week he was rushed to the hospital with a serious lung congestion stemming from his paralysis...
...rest of the population, the good life does not contribute much to long life simply because Americans tend to overdo things. They consume too much in the way of calories and cholesterol, nicotine and alcohol. Overeating causes high blood pressure and strokes. Oversmoking contributes to arteriosclerosis and lung disease. Overdrinking leads to cirrhosis and brain deterioration. In addition, Americans often work too hard. The harddriving, competitive, demanding life of the meritocracy brings many insults to the body, and particularly the heart. The death rate for men from cardiovascular disease is 50% higher in the U.S. than in Western Europe...
...magic mountain may have taken offense at these pettifoggeries, because more ill fortune fell on the expedition. When Dr. Herrligkoffer returned, he suffered either a mild heart attack or pulmonary edema. Then the Italian, Leo Breitenberger, suffered a lung seizure, which was followed by a mental breakdown. Austrian Werner Haim sustained a severe leg injury, and several others fell ill. That left only two Austrians and the three British, who spent more time arguing over who was to lead than in actual climbing. The British quit in disgust, and soon the remaining Austrians were forced down by inclement weather...
Died. Dan Blocker, 43, Hoss Cartwright on TV's Bonanza series for 14 years; of a blood clot in the lung following surgery; in Inglewood, Calif. A former high school teacher, Blocker spent two knockabout years in Hollywood before getting a regular job as the Cartwright family's oversized middle son. The show became one of TV's most successful horse operas (400 million viewers in 84 countries) and made Blocker a millionaire...