Word: lunge
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...With a dramatic intensity often likened to that of Edith Piaf, Brel sang about loneliness, lost love, war, old age and death. At 37, not wanting to become "an old singer," he stopped giving concerts and began a new career as an actor and director. After being treated for lung cancer...
Amidst azure skies, lung-cleansing air, and 250 cases of cross-country cough. Quincy House retained the men's title in the interhouse meet held yesterday. An impressive total of 163 points allowed Quincy to literally run away with the race. Remarkably, nine of the top 30 runners hailed from the victorious House...
...workers, for example, have been sent to work in the uranium mines for years without adequate warning of, or protection from, the deadly radioactive gas radon and its breakdown products present in those mines. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, those workers face an increased chance of getting lung cancer...
...Vorster, 62, declared that he was quitting his post as well as the leadership of the right-wing National Party, which has dominated South African politics for 30 years. He gave no reason, though his resignation had been widely rumored because of his failing health (he reportedly suffers from lung congestion and an embolism in his leg). But he made one thing plain: "I leave this office with no regrets whatsoever...
...Sheer nonsense," retorted Martin to speculation that he was preparing a defense. Last week from the Winston-Salem hospital bed where he is recovering from surgery for lung cancer, Martin also maintained that keeping the papers secret is no longer required by national security. "Viet Nam is over," he said. "There is nothing that could possibly hurt the security of the United States. Here is a personal, single collection of communications dating back to the days of Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge. They would be of value to future historians...