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...believe these patients' hearts were impaired either by damage resulting from a heart attack or by a viral infection. When thus weakened, the heart tries to compensate by stretching its muscles to help it beat. But as the heart's muscular left ventricle expands, it becomes less efficient at pumping blood through the body. Patients in late-stage heart failure pump as little as 15% of the blood that enters the heart back into the body, compared with 65% to 70% for those with a healthy heart. Patients' symptoms include general feelings of weakness and shortness of breath...
...Nino generally peaks around December, which is why Peruvian fishermen long ago gave the Christmastime weather visitor a name that in Spanish means "Christ Child." If the warming trend continues, scientists say, the incipient El Nino could pump so much heat into the ocean that average sea-surface temperatures might rise 3.5[degrees]C, or 7[degrees]F--and if this happens, the effects would be felt far into the new year. Among the disasters that would be likely to result are landslides, flash floods, droughts and crop failures. Ecuadorian cocoa producers estimate that the current El Nino could lower...
...subsequent battle for incoming air waged by the different engineering factions. The engine guys needed the air to cool their oil and transmission fluids, the fuel folks wanted it to keep the alternator from overheating, and--of course--the climate people had to have enough air to pump into the interior. They could solve the whole problem by making the grill larger, but that would require a less sleek front-end, and no one wanted that...
Derrick: "Hey, what makes you think I didn't pump?! I pumped every...
Craig: "But dude, how could it have gotten heavier? Maybe you just didn't pump enough this summer, dude...