Word: oxygenating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Zurich Research Laboratory in Switzerland, decided to pursue an approach to superconductivity that had met with limited success in the past. Instead of using the kind of metallic alloys that held the existing record, he turned his attention to the metallic oxides (compounds of metals and oxygen) known as ceramics. Some theorists had suggested ceramics as potential superconductors even though they were poor conductors at room temperatures. In fact, ceramics are often used as insulators-for example, on high-voltage electric- transmission lines...
...stupid. For the benefit of anyone who hasn't been in a car in the last 20 years, the attendants explain how to put on a seatbelt. For the benefit of the very stupid, the attendants point out that it is wise to extinguish cigarettes before putting on an oxygen mask. For anyone anxious to struggle out of a seat and stand in the aisles for a half-hour while the landing crew tries to open the doors, the attendants suggest waiting until the plane has landed before retrieving luggage from the overhead bins...
...chair, watching the action on a closed-circuit television monitor and rumbling orders into a microphone. The jauntiness of his warm-up suit is belied by the clear plastic tube that runs from his nose, behind his ears, down his chest and along his leg to an oxygen tank, a last-ditch defense against the emphysema that has plagued him for decades...
...keep the eggs from rotting. First, she learned, turn the eggs once a week (it takes one week for the yolk to drop to the bottom, touching the shell and commencing to rot). Second, coat them with vaseline (to clog the porous shell and keep moisture and oxygen away from the yolk). For good measure, they had taken two live chickens. Michel promised them, "If you lay one egg, I will spare your life." The chickens contributed their lives to the larder...
...sports. Professional athletes, as well as dancers, have long sworn by its revitalizing effects. Shortly after New York Giant Running Back Joe Morris began getting regular massages this season to relieve hyperventilation, he started to cut loose on his way to a record year. By stimulating blood circulation and oxygen flow through the muscles, therapists explain, massage helps lower blood pressure, speed up healing of injured tissue and aid in keeping muscles supple. But, they caution, it is not a panacea, and it is not recommended for those with circulatory ailments. One thing massage will not do, myths...