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...existence. In the heavy air, laden with double the normal amount of oxygen, cuts and abrasions heal overnight. Beards almost stop growing. In the 86-ft. Deep Cabin, the male larynx, in reaction to helium, produces shrill chipmunk sounds. The men listen to music, keep house, play chess, pamper a parrot, and begin to feel strangely detached from events in the surface world. Jewel-bright sea creatures hover outside the glass windows, coolly observing behavior in the manfish bowl. When divers venture into the abysmal blue depths to explore, they come upon sharks, barracuda, and marine life hitherto unheard...
Dykes adopted a patient, paternal attitude toward Piersall, although he refused to pamper him. "If he starts to say anything out there, to the umps, for instance, I go out and yell, 'Jimmy' shut up.' It works like magic." Says Piersall: "The biggest thing is playing for someone who wants me and that makes all the difference in the world. I'm not playing for a guy who makes me the fall...
...firm, he lived in a fashionable neighborhood, had a son, a daughter and four grandchildren, interested himself in philanthropy (Detroit's Hundred Club, which helps the families of deceased policemen and firemen). As his 60th birthday came upon him last week, Rodecker decided that it was time to pamper himself a little, so he and his wife went off on a three-day holiday to celebrate. Off to New York City they went, to enjoy the bright magic of the town-the many-splendored hotels, the glittering shows, the restaurants, the incredible traffic and the cockeyed tempo, the funny...
Like the rest of Idlewild's buildings, Pan American's is designed to speed and pamper the often delayed and neglected air passenger. Instead of wrestling with swinging doors, the passenger enters the building through an 89-ft.-wide opening, which has an air curtain to keep out the weather. He puts his luggage on a conveyor, which speeds it on and off the scales, scoots it to the baggage area. Six 12-ft. electronic boards flash the latest flight information...
...breast of his black polo shirt, Rose said he hoped to fill the empty places in his mansion with more antique furniture. As for his garden: "I may glass that in and build a swimming pool, if it's not too expensive, for warming my old bones. Nobody pampers me; I got to pamper myself...