Word: lungful
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...dance-hall, and “next came a moonlight orgie [sic]. It was a wonderful night—full moon. Shadow tag and cross tag were followed by a grand walk-run-hop-skip-and jump expedition up the road to the accompaniment of our lustiest lung power...
...Trendiest Way to Lose Weight and Increase Lung Power By watching the infomercials of fitness guru Susan Powter. Slim those thighs! Shout at heavy-metal volume! A former fatty and emotional doormat, Powter re- formed herself and in 1993 moved $50 million worth of tapes and books. She's Richard Simmons with a crew cut and extra testosterone...
...himself against the University administration during negotiations for better pay and the unfolding of a discrimination lawsuit filed in the 1990s by a fellow guard. McCombe retired under pressure in 2003, when his health required him to carry around an oxygen tank. He suffered from diabetes and a weak lung. His post, particularly in later years, placed him at the heart of the campus, where he could be seen nights patrolling the grounds around Sever Hall. “He did everything he could for his fellow guards, he fought to the end,” said his widow, Jacqueline...
...fixed income is $942 a month, an extra $30 here and there makes a big difference. After paying rent, utilities and insurance, Whitehouse is left with less than $40 a week to cover everything else. So the money from cans helps pay medical bills for the cancer and chronic lung disease she has been battling for years, as well as food expenses. "I eat a lot of soup," says the tiny, spirited 69-year-old, who lives in Majestic Meadows, a mobile-home park for senior citizens near Salt Lake City, Utah...
...world's most biodiverse--and most imperiled. Consumption of wood for fuel in the area averages about 6 tons per family of four per year, hacking 300,000 acres off the forest each year and leaving some of China's poorest families exposed to a host of troubles: lung disease from smoky houses, soil erosion and floods from the denuded land...