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...body's natural defense mechanisms. Prominent among these may be the so-called mammalian dive reflex, which allows whales and seals to remain submerged in cold water. It is theorized that humans also have this protection. The reflex is triggered when frigid water splashes over the forehead and nose; nerves signal the brain to divert oxygen-rich blood from the limbs to the heart and brain. An even more important defense against brain damage is a phenomenon known as sub mersion hypothermia: the extreme cold of the surrounding water, and of water breathed into the lungs, cools the body...
...reelers in six months, following up with 151 more in 1909. He put in a seven-day week, sunrise to sunset. Along the way, Griffith practically invented the autocratic personality of film director. On the set he tended to treat actors as children, looking down his "fine, cantilevered nose," as Lionel Barrymore put it. He was not above firing a gun near Lillian and Dorothy Gish when those teen-agers were having their problems miming fear...
Although it came close twice and claimed to have been hampered by the University, the union did nose two close elections among the Medical Area workers...
...nose count of Knesset votes, othe Labor Party assumed that Likud Maverick Dror Zeigerman, on a fact-finding mission to Argentina, would be absent; if Zeigerman returned and Begin voted, the Likud would be able to defeat the bill. On Wednesday evening, however, word reached Jerusalem that Zeigerman was flying home. As the Knesset prepared to vote, photographers clustered at Ben Gurion International Airport awaiting Flight 332 with Zeigerman aboard, while another clutch of reporters stood vigil outside Begin's house...
...foyer. Katherine Jackson calls me by name and says, "There have been a lot of rumors about Michael, that he has had operations to have his eyes widened and his cheeks changed and everything. Those things are simply not true. He had only one operation, on his nose. We were hoping you'd set the record straight and put a stop to the rumors. They also say Michael is gay. Michael isn't gay. It's against his religion. It's against God. The Bible speaks against it." Joe Jackson repeats, "Michael...