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...Japan, solved these problems in a sort of medical hat trick that is, as he puts it, "simplicity itself." Picking up cow lungs at local slaughterhouses, he scraped off their surfactant, rid it of most of its protein, modified it with the organic compounds, and put the resulting white powder into solution. That way, with a tube and syringe, he could propel it directly into an infant's air passages. To spread it over the lungs, he just moved his tiny patients about until the alveolar cells that make up the lining of the lung were all coated...
...snow is denser; it forms smaller flakes that can be packed more solidly and will stand up better to skiing stress. What is more, the precise mixture can be controlled, enabling Fahrner to lay a solid, almost icy base that will defy a thaw, then top it with fluffy powder...
...league's shrewdest executives, and put himself in charge of player personnel, picking draft choices and making trades. Widow Georgia, however, inherited 70% of the stock, and, determined to use her clout, started attending Rams workouts. A onetime showgirl, she turned up at training camp in powder blue jogging suits, took a turn at place-kicking and pecked the tobacco-filled cheek of Head Coach Ray Malavasi...
...house has no study or office, but at least it has adequate closet space. There is a fur and jewels safe, and plenty of drawers for her status jeans (which come with this warning: "for tight-fitting fashions, especially pants, ask an adult for some baby powder and rub it on doll's legs before slipping on clothes.") There are even hangers for superstar Barbie's feather boa and disco dresses...
...large number of professors confessed to being illiterate when it comes to outhouse offerings. When asked what he ponders in the powder room, Owen J. Gingerich, professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science, replied briefly...