Word: oxygenate
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Loaded with 80 pounds of gadgets for safety, science and publicity, he climbed into a Lockheed Lodestar one day last week and went upstairs-far above the 'chutists' attic. Bundled in a heavy leather suit, he carried two chutes, oxygen equipment, stop watches, an altimeter, a barograph (to record changes in altitude), a small radio transmitter, pneumograph (to record the action of his lungs...
...next day Japan's former Premiers conferred on the selection of a new leader. Even 91-year-old Count Keigo Kiyoura came from his sickbed, entering the Palace in a wheel chair, attended by a nurse, bringing with him an oxygen inhalator. In less than four hours the choice was made: a general, the son of a general, would be Premier. War Minister Lieut. General Eiki Tojo, a man of strong will and a friend of the Axis, was to head the nation. General Tojo hurried to the Emperor's presence and, leaving it, announced: "I have received...
...Morphine is habit-forming partly because it makes the body's smooth muscles (such as those in intestinal walls) consume more oxygen. According to F. E. Shideman and Maurice Harrison Seevers of the University of Wisconsin, this oxygen consumption continues for several days after morphine has been stopped and may bring on the agonizing cramps of which deprived addicts complain...
Playing against South Carolina three weeks ago, Sinkwich had his jaw broken on one side, cracked on the other. With his jaws wired, his chin in a sling and his breathing so impaired that he required trips to the sidelines for whiffs of oxygen, Sinkwich played for three quarters of last fortnight's game against Mississippi, threw a pass that tied the score, 14-to-14. Last week, against Columbia, Sinkwich played for nearly 60 minutes, scored the touchdown that licked the Lions, 7-to-3. "He can do everything but bite into a steak," moaned Columbia...
...Atlantic under the plane's wings. The long slant upward above the overcast for a tailwind and air too cold and dry for icing. The navigator's intent face reflected from the cabin windows as he read his sextant. The creeping cold of high altitude. The bulbous oxygen masks...