Word: oxygenating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...victory over the Soviets. The U.S. players needed a victory in their final game against Czechoslovakia to win their first hockey gold medal. Behind 4-3 after two frustrating periods, they were visited in their dressing room by the Soviet team captain, who urged them to take oxygen. With Roger Christian of Minnesota firing in three goals (he scored four on the day), the Americans roared back in the final period to win, 9-4. "The big joke," McCartan recalls, "was that the guys who didn't take the oxygen were the ones who scored the goals...
...certified, and presumably on automatic pilot. Zoerb tried to make contact with the Cessna by radio, but got no answer. He saw the plane go into a steep dive and crash into the Atlantic Ocean. Aviation officials theorize that Rein and Benscotter had passed out from lack of oxygen and that the Cessna had flown itself hundreds of miles before disappearing into...
...being tested is a benzodiazepine compound called Midazolam; it induces deep sleep for short periods (90 min. at most) and might be an alternative to general anesthesia in surgery. Another drug, called only No. 5057, could improve memory and other mental functions by allowing more oxygen to reach brain cells. Roche Researcher Willy Haefely says this could help retard senility "or sharpen the mind of an executive suffering from a hangover." He concedes that "unfortunately, we will never be able to produce geniuses with drugs." But if Roche can develop another winner like Valium, it might ease much...