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...loans would go a long way toward invigorating small and medium-size businesses, which are the nimblest sector of the economy and the most likely to provide new jobs in a hurry. Until that happens, no matter who gets elected President, the nascent recovery will be robbed of the oxygen it needs to grow...
What is left for Ross Perot is the rehabilitation of his reputation. Without the oxygen of feedback -- the laughs and snickers that accompany his homilies when his fabulists people the room -- Perot's act quickly tires. As he moves beyond diagnosis to prescription, Perot must ensure his presentation is persuasive enough so that if the nation's stagnation continues, he can reappear in 1996 to ask credibly, "Now are you ready to act instead of talk...
...sensors count and evaluate, for example, all 24 varieties of cholesterol that have been discovered since the late 20th century. They keep tabs on normal molecules of oxygen as well as the renegade radicals that wreak havoc on individual cells and cause the body to age. No less important, the sensors constantly test the strength of the body's own cancer-fighting forces in the immune system...
...computers had RSI. The most revealing discovery was that all the sufferers reported high levels of psychological strain, such as job insecurity and pressures to work fast. Psychological stress probably does its mischief by creating muscle tension, which reduces blood flow to hard-working muscles and tendons; without enough oxygen, these tissues become fatigued and prone to injury...
...Carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying element in the blood, and displaces oxygen." Zuromskis said. "With a serious exposure to carbon monoxide, symptoms may worsen with time and patients require intensive-care unit observation...