Word: ores
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...popular Atari video game. According to McCowan, himself a sufferer, rapid repetitive arm movement with much abrupt bending and twisting of the wrist and forearm are required to maneuver the spaceship. The second affliction was discovered by Dr. Richard Neiman of Sacramento and Susan Ushiroda of Portland, Ore., after examination of two women who complained of sudden pain in the right shoulder. Investigation revealed that their discomfort followed a weekend of gambling at Lake Tahoe, Nev. For "slot-machine tendinitis," the authors have a surefire treatment: "Rest or winning a jackpot early...
...years, the wheelchair-bound Mitchell, 38, who was badly burned in a motorcycle accident ten years ago and paralyzed in a plane crash four years later, has tirelessly attacked AMAX and questioned its assurances that the mine will do no harm. Noting that up to 20,000 tons of ore will be removed every day for 20 or 30 years, Mitchell forecasts an onslaught of people, noise, grit and crime. Says he: "There are messes all over the West in the name of growth. Big mining companies have no divine right to mine and tear up a community. They...
...dispute that came before the court originated in Washington County, Ore., where women prison guards, called "matrons," received 30%-or about $200 a month-less than their male counterparts, who were called "deputy sheriffs...
...staggering $27 billion debt that it owes Western governments and banks and technically went into default. Moreover, the Poles urgently need as much as $4 billion in new loans merely to keep up with interest on their current debt and pay for vital imports, including grain, oil and iron ore...
Dana Wilson, 41, a lumber company manager in Mehama, Ore., had been taking drugs to control the occasional irregular beating of his heart following a massive heart attack. But the treatment proved unsuccessful; one day several months after the attack, his heart began to race, reaching 250 beats per minute before returning to normal. Doctors turned to an innovative method of studying arrhythmias. They threaded electrodes into his heart and electrically stimulated the tissue to induce the erratic beating. Trying different drugs, they learned that none would be helpful in treating Wilson's condition. But by moving the electrodes...