Word: oxygenated
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...high altitudes are set at roughly what they would be if you lived at 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty easily, but passengers with heart disease may experience chest pains as a result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood. Low pressure can also cause the air in body cavities to expand--as much as 30%. Again, most people won't notice anything beyond mild stomach cramping. But if you've recently had an operation, your wound could open. And if a medical device has been implanted...
...impending shift is pretty radical. Unlike batteries, fuel cells don't store electricity. They generate it, via a chemical reaction between a hydrogen-containing fuel and oxygen. Fuel cells have been around for decades in exotic applications, powering satellites and spacecraft. They are being developed for commercial use in electric cars and to provide backup electricity for buildings (a truly "green" technology: their only emissions are water vapor and heat). Strapping a power plant to a mobile phone once seemed a silly idea?early prototypes for portable fuel cells were as ungainly as a pair of clogs?but miniaturization...
...approaching reality. As the date of my imminent departure grew near, doubt gave way to panic attacks. The attacks would hit me at random times during the day, usually beginning with a heavy lurch of the stomach. Then came the short mental picture of the inside of a plane, oxygen masks down, plummeting to the ground while the plane gave its death rattle to the background of terrified screams. Infamous crash sites would pop up: a fireball consuming TWA Flight 800 to Paris that blew up midair; the smoldering ruins of the Concorde after a botched take-off; seeing...
...Several months later the clans deployed homemade bombs, fashioned from oxygen canisters and filled with gunpowder and metal shards. Li Lan's 23-year-old daughter was eight months pregnant and sitting at home when one of the bombs tore through her living room, blowing off her right leg and most of her face. The family dragged her coffin into the middle of the road to protest police inaction. Police forced Li Lan to bury her daughter, and that's when she became an activist partner of Liang. She repeatedly went to police headquarters to demand greater punishment...
...wasn't quite like landing on the moon?there was oxygen, atmosphere, lots of Hello Kitty?but the 13 brave Chinese tourists who took their first steps on Taiwanese soil last week knew they were on a historic mission. After 50 years, Taiwan is allowing mainland Chinese tourists to visit. The real change, however, is coming from China, where top Beijing officials invited Taiwan's ruling, pro-independence party to cross the Strait and spoke of opening direct trading links soon. After years of saber rattling, the mainland is recognizing that mean doesn't work in Taiwan, while strong economic...