Word: oxygenates
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...being catastrophic [Jan. 23]. The country should never again overvalue its currency and create huge trade deficits, leaving it vulnerable to internal and external forces. However, we should never give in to pessimism. The overvaluation of the Mexican peso has been eliminated, and this step will provide badly needed oxygen for Mexican industry. Inflation will go down again, the exchange rate with the dollar will be adjusted, and Mexican shares will climb to their fair value. The prophets of gloom will once more be proved wrong, because the underpinnings of our economy--human, industrial and commercial--are intact. This society...
...thin above 21 kilometers, you can't use conventional gas engines," says Podolske. "Either you have to 'supercharge' the air, or carry your own liquid oxygen to support combustion...
...forces arrived, a delegation of local dignitaries approached Marine commander Colonel Thomas Jones. "I guess you are the new mayor of Cap Haitien," their spokesman announced. Asked what were the capabilities of the remaining local government in the nearby town of Gonaives, one American captain explained: "They could consume oxygen and occupy space," but not much more...
Plasmodium, a protozoan responsible for malaria, flourishes in the human body, growing inside red blood cells until the cells burst. And without enough red cells to carry oxygen through the body, humans become anemic and can die from renal failure or convulsions. Bacteria, which are considerably smaller than protozoans, generally do their damage indirectly, producing toxins that stimulate the body to mount an immune response. Ideally the immune cells kill the bacteria. But if the bacteria get out of control, their poisons can either kill cells or generate a huge immune reaction that is itself toxic...
...tend to be a mixture of ice, rock and dust, along with substances, like carbon monoxide, that evaporate easily to form a halo and a tail. Scientists studying the chemical composition of the spots on Jupiter where S-L 9 hit thought they might see evidence of water and oxygen, two of the expected products when an icy comet vaporizes. But except for one unconfirmed report,researchers have found only ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and sulfur...