Word: oxygenate
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...techniques and develop the equipment that will enable him to live and work for long periods under the sea, the project has been beset by delays. First there was a steel strike; then some of the steel that was delivered turned unexpectedly brittle at low temperatures. Redesign of the oxygen system was called for after the fatal Apollo fire, and that was followed by a series of seawater and helium leaks. At week's end no one would predict how long it will be until Sealab is again judged seaworthy...
...sick people aboard today, all bound for their health to the sun of Miami, and we don't wish to cause them any distress." A science-oriented writer suggests gradually depressurizing the cabin until all the passengers, including the skyjacker, lose consciousness due to a lack of oxygen. Or maybe the crew could spray a small dose of a tranquilizer into the passenger area, turning the culprit-along with everyone else-into a contented, harmless heap. Still another suggestion is that the guns firing darts dipped in tranquilizers to fell animals without injury be used on airline pirates. More...
Repetitions of the tests showed that deVries' subjects averaged a 4.9% drop in body fat, a 6% reduction in diastolic blood pressure, a 9.2% rise in maximum oxygen consumption (the best single index of vigor, according to deVries), and a 7.2% increase in the strength of their 'arms. Perhaps more important, if more debatable, was deVries' conclusion from measuring the electrical activity of muscles. He equates these pulses with nervous tension and says that his exercisers cut tension...
...Steel, which in past years often seemed more interested in conserving cash than investing in modernization, has lagged behind some of its competitors in adopting the industry's two major postwar innovations: the basic oxygen process and continuous casting. When Blough took over in 1955, the company had sales of $4.098 billion and earnings of $370 million. Profits reached a record high of $419 million in 1957, but then began dropping off fairly steadily. Last year sales were $4.067 billion and earnings were down to $172.5 million. So far in 1968, the company has increased both sales...
...sprawling divisions and ending a costly overlap of sales offices. More recently he has loosened the purse strings in a somewhat belated effort to renew the company's plants. As part of a threeyear, $1.8 billion spending program that began in 1966, U.S. Steel has installed ten oxygen furnaces, is now phasing in one of the world's biggest continuous casting lines at Gary, Ind. It has also abandoned its lofty refusal to cut prices to meet foreign competition, and has begun offering some discounts...