Word: lunge
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...circulatory system. Colonel Gerald Klebanoff of Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, attempted the pioneering procedure af-ter Olson had been in a coma for three days and showed no indications of reviving. Klebanoff and his team hooked the unconscious airman to a conventional heart-lung machine that pumped the toxic blood from his body. In place of the blood they introduced a clear salt solution that cooled Olson's body to 85°. This reduced the brain's need for oxygen and hence guarded against damage while the treatment progressed. The solution also...
Died. Bruce Cabot, 68, who saved Fay Wray from her simian captor in the 193 3 film classic King Kong; of lung cancer; in Woodland Hills, Calif. Though he alternated between playing heroes and heavies during the early part of his 40-year film career, Cabot eventually settled down to a routine of bad-guy supporting roles in shoot...
Whether or not Munoz accidentally bumped into the truck will probably never be known. Brannan poked his revolver through a porthole, the weapon discharged, and the bullet pierced Munoz's lung. The boy ran into the store, crying, "I've been shot from the truck," and collapsed. Brannan told his boss, President Robert Wilson of the Armored Express Corp., that he and his partner were being harassed by several teenagers, that he stuck the revolver through the porthole to warn them off, and that the gun fired accidentally. Munoz died two days later, a casualty of fear...
...resulting publicity helped contribute to Boyle's downfall. From a post-World War I membership of more than 600,000, the U.M.W has dropped to 180,000 members; critics have charged that the union has lagged on safety legislation and failed to push vigorously for black-lung benefits for disabled miners. Autocratic, out of touch, Boyle was left with little defense to offer those critics -or his federal prosecutors...
...National Heart and Lung Institute announced Thursday the first use of nuclear energy to power an artificial heart pump in a living animal...