Word: necks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...harmful during fetal life but usually fatal soon after birth. Often there is a hole in the wall (septum) between the auricles or between the ventricles; there may be a hole permitting all four heart chambers to communicate. The aorta may override (straddle) both right and left ventricles. The neck (infundibulum) of the right ventricle may be narrowed, retarding movement of blood to the lungs. In the most famed of all congenital defects, Pallet's tetralogy, the blue baby has an amazingly consistent pattern of four anomalies combined: overriding aorta, a hole between the ventricles, narrowing of the pulmonary...
...first suggested that the foreign policy of the Eisenhower Administration reflects the prevalence of juvenile delinquency in the U.S. The second, dealing with Queen Elizabeth's recent tour of Portugal, commented: "Elizabeth II is sorry that the world is not able to appreciate the hanging by the neck of Greek patriots in Cyprus or the butcheries of the Portuguese in Goa. We regret the low level of intelligence...
...however, Wead fell down a short flight of steps-in the movie, Actor Wayne crashes down about 20 of them, scattering staves like matchsticks-and broke his neck. The doctors said he would never move his legs again, and the Navy retired him. But Wead had an invincible will to get well. For the better part of five years he lay helplessly in bed, driving the life "back into his limbs by sheer force of determination, until at last, with the help of two canes, he was able to walk...
...Test Pilot, Ceiling Zero, Dive Bomber and a dozen other pictures made him a well-paid, well-known man, a sort of Secretary of Aviation in Hollywood's ruling circles. In World War II Wead wangled active duty, hobbled about the flight decks of the Pacific with his neck in a steel brace, and won the Legion of Merit for his theory of the supporting carrier, a major contribution to Pacific strategy...
Movements: Place hands under lowered chin and push up hard. At the same time resist with neck muscles to give the effect of lifting a heavy object. The text to go with it: "Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips" (Psalm...