Word: oxygenated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...realize is just how weak their lungs, in particular, are. If by lying on his stomach, a baby's face becomes mashed against the mattress cover, he can have his breathing passage blocked or can breathe from a small pocket of air until it is depleted of oxygen. Babies' lungs just aren't strong enough to suck in air through the sheets, quilts or mattress covering. Sleeping on his back, of course, leaves his nose and mouth open and ensures freer access to fresh...
...dependent, highly dysfunctional relationship with Johnny. We need Johnny, but want very much to avoid becoming addicted to him. On a good day Johnny will galvanize the room, firing up an exciting, inclusive discussion. On a bad day Johnny will talk for roughly forty-five minutes, pausing only for oxygen and fluids...
Listening to a new Sonic Youth CD is like taking a holiday. Not an easy vacation like, say, skiing in Vail, but more like an adventure tour, the musical equivalent of climbing a particularly high peak without bottled oxygen. Traditional rock can be a sad grind--for example, on Eric Clapton's wan new CD, Pilgrim, one of the few listenable songs, Sick and Tired, turns out to have disturbing lyrics about threatening to blow out a woman's brains...
...Spanish rock climber destined to be the first Spanish woman to reach the top of Everest. Jamling Tenzing Norgay is the son of "Tiger" Tenzing Norgay, who, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, first topped the mountain. The third, Ed Viesters, is a seasoned Everest climber who shuns oxygen tanks, facing the oxygen-poor environment on his own terms...
...team heads up the mountain, time is as much an enemy as the mountainous terrain itself. The climbers cross the avalanche-ridden Khumbu Icefall for a second time en route to the top. When they reach their previous camp, the climbers split up with Vesturs taking the lead sans oxygen. Finally, the climbers reach the top but, as is often true of hard-earned achievements, they can only celebrate briefly before retreating to their warmer, more oxygen-rich base...