Word: lunge
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Although a spokesman at George Washington University Hospital said Thursday that Reagan, the victim of the seventh assassination attempt upon a major national political figure since 1963, had been making "super" progress since doctors remove a bullet from his left lung late Monday afternoon, the president yesterday developed a fever which hit 102 degrees...
Kirkland addressed an AFL-CIO Regional Conference at the Sheraton Hotel in Boston only hours after marching in a rally of 6000 coal miners and black lung victims in Washington. The miners, in the midst of a two-day work stoppage, were protesting the Reagan administration's proposed cutbacks in benefits for victims of the respiratory ailment...
When asked after his speech about his influence on the rank-and-file, Kirkland responded. "I was marching today with the coal miners about black lung. We had 8000 coal miners." He added, "When somebody makes the charge that we don't represent the rank-and-file, then we bring some people to show them...
Genetically engineered microorganisms are also producing the enzyme urokinase, used to dissolve blood clots; the hormone thymosin alpha1, which shows promise as a treatment for brain and lung cancer; and beta-endorphin, one of the brain's own painkillers...
...large bowl of oatmeal," explained Stan Barnhill, director of New Mexico mining operations for Gulf Oil. The worst part is that after breakfast it gets worse. Uranium miners have one of the highest disease rates in industry--by low estimates, one out of six miners dies from radiation-induced lung cancer...