Word: lunged
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DIED. ROGER ZELAZNY, 58, author; of lung cancer; in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Armed with pyrotechnic prose and a stylish command of mythic themes, Zelazny broke new ground in science fiction as part of the 1960s "New Wave," which presented socially and psychologically complex views of the future, at sharp odds with the genre's traditionally upbeat portrayals of tomorrow. The winner of every major award in the field, Zelazny saw his grim vision of a postapocalyptic America, Damnation Alley, made into an uncompelling 1977 Jan-Michael Vincent film...
Radon gas may be responsible for up to one tenth of all lung cancer deaths in the U.S., says a new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. According to the Journal, Radon seeping into homes from the ground may cause an estimated 14,400 lung cancer deaths, and may be responsible for 30 percent of lung cancer deaths in nonsmokers. The study's conclusions are based on an analysis of hard-rock miners who had cancer and had been exposed to radon at work. The authors are quick to note that their results should be interpreted with...
...most surprising support for Foster came from Bill Frist of Tennessee. A heart-and-lung surgeon and conservative first termer who is against abortion, Frist startled Republicans and Democrats with sympathetic questions for Foster from the committee. Frist said he understands the problems obstetricians and gynecologists face treating low-income women. "I know he must have seen botched abortions, women coming in the hospital door, bleeding," said Frist, adding he was aware too of the segregation suffered by black doctors. "I'm the only person on that panel who knows what it was like in the South in the 1960s...
...resident noted that Cambridge reported 175 deaths from lung cancer...
DIED. OTTO FRIEDRICH, 66, writer; of lung cancer; in Manhasset, New York. Boston-born Friedrich first hit his stride during his 1960s tenure at the Saturday Evening Post. During his subsequent years in the pages of Time and in his own nimbly crafted nonfiction, Friedrich emerged as an elegant explicator of just about everything: Superman, insanity, the pop art of Hollywood, the high art of pianist Glenn Gould, the collapse of German democracy, the demise of a rose garden...